CVE•Published 2026-07-08•Modified 2026-07-09•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-59997Openbsd · Openssh
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
4.2
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS percentile
5
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 95% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
internal-sftp in sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 recognizes only the first 9 command-line arguments, which can be important if a later command-line argument would have helped to ensure the intended security properties of an SFTP connection.
Timeline
Published 2026-07-08
Modified 2026-07-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag10,036,523 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-59997Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Openbsd Openssh"All exposed Openbsd Openssh instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Openssh"HTTP body or banner mentions "Openssh" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-59997Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-59997Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-59997Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-59997GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-59997" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-59997 on GitHub.
We haven't classified any articles referencing CVE-2026-59997 yet. The external references above still apply.