CVE-2026-93994 PUBLISHED

Apache MINA SSHD: Repeated-publickey policy bypass on server

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 19.09.2026 Published: 30.09.2026 Updated: 30.09.2026

Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. SSH servers can be configured to require multi-authentication schemes, for instance two different public keys, not just one. In OpenSSH, this would be done by setting in sshd_config AuthenticationMethods "publickey,publickey". Apache MINA SSHD provides an equivalent configuration mechanism.

In Apache MINA SSHD versions up to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5 the server code in component sshd-core does not enforce that the two public keys presented are different. A user can thus successfully authenticate with only one of the two key pairs required by presenting this single key twice. This is a partial authentication bypass.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 8.1

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache MINA SSHD
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.20.0 (excl.)
  • affected from 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M6 (excl.)

Credits

  • Abhishek Kushwaha finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-304 Missing critical step in authentication CWE