High severity · published Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-93994
Apache MINA SSHD: Repeated-publickey policy bypass on server
8.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AM
Apache MINA SSHD · Apache Software Foundation
before 2.20.0; 3.0.0-M1 before 3.0.0-M6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93994
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93994
vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9t3vsm8rnvwdv9779mlg1lq2fbwojdwp
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