High severity · published Oct 8, 2026
CVE-2026-93858
In OpenStack Mistral through 23.0.0, the std.ssh_proxied action passes a caller-supplied proxy_command value directly to paramiko.ProxyCommand() before any SSH connection to a…
8.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In OpenStack Mistral through 23.0.0, the std.ssh_proxied action passes a caller-supplied proxy_command value directly to paramiko.ProxyCommand() before any SSH connection to a gateway or target host is attempted. An authenticated project member can use the standard action-execution API to submit an arbitrary local command as proxy_command; paramiko starts that command as a subprocess on the executor host under the executor's own service account, independent of whether the SSH connection itself ever succeeds. Only Mistral deployments that permit the std.ssh_proxied action, the default configuration, are affected.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MI
Mistral · OpenStack
before 20.1.1; 21.0.0 before 21.0.1; 22.0.0 before 22.0.1; 23.0.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93858
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93858
issue-tracking
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2162100
security.openstack.org
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-044.html
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