Fix CVE-2026-35386

Add validation rules to usernames and hostnames
set for ProxyJump/-J on the commandline

Resolves: RHEL-166207

Signed-off-by: Zoltan Fridrich <zfridric@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Zoltan Fridrich 2026-04-10 16:20:30 +02:00
parent 88128fdefa
commit 8edc05030d
2 changed files with 411 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -0,0 +1,402 @@
diff --color -ruNp a/readconf.c b/readconf.c
--- a/readconf.c 2026-04-10 15:42:50.693725820 +0200
+++ b/readconf.c 2026-04-10 15:49:57.441110287 +0200
@@ -1533,9 +1533,6 @@ parse_char_array:
case oProxyCommand:
charptr = &options->proxy_command;
- /* Ignore ProxyCommand if ProxyJump already specified */
- if (options->jump_host != NULL)
- charptr = &options->jump_host; /* Skip below */
parse_command:
if (str == NULL) {
error("%.200s line %d: Missing argument.",
@@ -1556,7 +1553,7 @@ parse_command:
}
len = strspn(str, WHITESPACE "=");
/* XXX use argv? */
- if (parse_jump(str + len, options, *activep) == -1) {
+ if (parse_jump(str + len, options, cmdline, *activep) == -1) {
error("%.200s line %d: Invalid ProxyJump \"%s\"",
filename, linenum, str + len);
goto out;
@@ -3370,65 +3367,116 @@ parse_forward(struct Forward *fwd, const
}
int
-parse_jump(const char *s, Options *o, int active)
+ssh_valid_hostname(const char *s)
{
- char *orig, *sdup, *cp;
- char *host = NULL, *user = NULL;
- int r, ret = -1, port = -1, first;
+ size_t i;
- active &= o->proxy_command == NULL && o->jump_host == NULL;
+ if (*s == '-')
+ return 0;
+ for (i = 0; s[i] != 0; i++) {
+ if (strchr("'`\"$\\;&<>|(){},", s[i]) != NULL ||
+ isspace((u_char)s[i]) || iscntrl((u_char)s[i]))
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
- orig = sdup = xstrdup(s);
+int
+ssh_valid_ruser(const char *s)
+{
+ size_t i;
+
+ if (*s == '-')
+ return 0;
+ for (i = 0; s[i] != 0; i++) {
+ if (iscntrl((u_char)s[i]))
+ return 0;
+ if (strchr("'`\";&<>|(){}", s[i]) != NULL)
+ return 0;
+ /* Disallow '-' after whitespace */
+ if (isspace((u_char)s[i]) && s[i + 1] == '-')
+ return 0;
+ /* Disallow \ in last position */
+ if (s[i] == '\\' && s[i + 1] == '\0')
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+int
+parse_jump(const char *s, Options *o, int strict, int active)
+{
+ char *orig = NULL, *sdup = NULL, *cp;
+ char *tmp_user = NULL, *tmp_host = NULL, *host = NULL, *user = NULL;
+ int r, ret = -1, tmp_port = -1, port = -1, first = 1;
+
+ if (strcasecmp(s, "none") == 0) {
+ if (active && o->jump_host == NULL) {
+ o->jump_host = xstrdup("none");
+ o->jump_port = 0;
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
- /* Remove comment and trailing whitespace */
+ orig = xstrdup(s);
if ((cp = strchr(orig, '#')) != NULL)
*cp = '\0';
rtrim(orig);
- first = active;
+ active &= o->proxy_command == NULL && o->jump_host == NULL;
+ sdup = xstrdup(orig);
do {
- if (strcasecmp(s, "none") == 0)
- break;
+ /* Work backwards through string */
if ((cp = strrchr(sdup, ',')) == NULL)
cp = sdup; /* last */
else
*cp++ = '\0';
- if (first) {
- /* First argument and configuration is active */
- r = parse_ssh_uri(cp, &user, &host, &port);
- if (r == -1 || (r == 1 &&
- parse_user_host_port(cp, &user, &host, &port) != 0))
+ r = parse_ssh_uri(cp, &tmp_user, &tmp_host, &tmp_port);
+ if (r == -1 || (r == 1 && parse_user_host_port(cp,
+ &tmp_user, &tmp_host, &tmp_port) != 0))
+ goto out; /* error already logged */
+ if (strict) {
+ if (!ssh_valid_hostname(tmp_host)) {
+ error_f("invalid hostname \"%s\"", tmp_host);
goto out;
- } else {
- /* Subsequent argument or inactive configuration */
- r = parse_ssh_uri(cp, NULL, NULL, NULL);
- if (r == -1 || (r == 1 &&
- parse_user_host_port(cp, NULL, NULL, NULL) != 0))
+ }
+ if (tmp_user != NULL && !ssh_valid_ruser(tmp_user)) {
+ error_f("invalid username \"%s\"", tmp_user);
goto out;
+ }
+ }
+ if (first) {
+ user = tmp_user;
+ host = tmp_host;
+ port = tmp_port;
+ tmp_user = tmp_host = NULL; /* transferred */
}
first = 0; /* only check syntax for subsequent hosts */
+ free(tmp_user);
+ free(tmp_host);
+ tmp_user = tmp_host = NULL;
+ tmp_port = -1;
} while (cp != sdup);
+
/* success */
if (active) {
- if (strcasecmp(s, "none") == 0) {
- o->jump_host = xstrdup("none");
- o->jump_port = 0;
- } else {
- o->jump_user = user;
- o->jump_host = host;
- o->jump_port = port;
- o->proxy_command = xstrdup("none");
- user = host = NULL;
- if ((cp = strrchr(s, ',')) != NULL && cp != s) {
- o->jump_extra = xstrdup(s);
- o->jump_extra[cp - s] = '\0';
- }
+ o->jump_user = user;
+ o->jump_host = host;
+ o->jump_port = port;
+ o->proxy_command = xstrdup("none");
+ user = host = NULL; /* transferred */
+ if (orig != NULL && (cp = strrchr(orig, ',')) != NULL) {
+ o->jump_extra = xstrdup(orig);
+ o->jump_extra[cp - orig] = '\0';
}
}
ret = 0;
out:
free(orig);
+ free(sdup);
+ free(tmp_user);
+ free(tmp_host);
free(user);
free(host);
return ret;
diff --color -ruNp a/readconf.h b/readconf.h
--- a/readconf.h 2026-04-10 15:42:50.470697714 +0200
+++ b/readconf.h 2026-04-10 15:49:57.442110306 +0200
@@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ int process_config_line(Options *, stru
int read_config_file(const char *, struct passwd *, const char *,
const char *, Options *, int, int *);
int parse_forward(struct Forward *, const char *, int, int);
-int parse_jump(const char *, Options *, int);
+int ssh_valid_hostname(const char *);
+int ssh_valid_ruser(const char *);
+int parse_jump(const char *, Options *, int, int);
int parse_ssh_uri(const char *, char **, char **, int *);
int default_ssh_port(void);
int option_clear_or_none(const char *);
diff --color -ruNp a/regress/Makefile b/regress/Makefile
--- a/regress/Makefile 2026-04-10 15:42:50.533815702 +0200
+++ b/regress/Makefile 2026-04-10 16:07:30.566094450 +0200
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ LTESTS= connect \
agent-pkcs11-restrict \
agent-pkcs11-cert \
penalty \
- penalty-expire
+ penalty-expire \
+ proxyjump
INTEROP_TESTS= putty-transfer putty-ciphers putty-kex conch-ciphers
INTEROP_TESTS+= dropbear-ciphers dropbear-kex
diff --color -ruNp a/regress/proxyjump.sh b/regress/proxyjump.sh
--- a/regress/proxyjump.sh 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ b/regress/proxyjump.sh 2026-04-10 16:07:55.225958206 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# $OpenBSD: proxyjump.sh,v 1.1 2026/03/30 07:19:02 djm Exp $
+# Placed in the Public Domain.
+
+tid="proxyjump"
+
+# Parsing tests
+verbose "basic parsing"
+for jspec in \
+ "jump1" \
+ "user@jump1" \
+ "jump1:2222" \
+ "user@jump1:2222" \
+ "jump1,jump2" \
+ "user1@jump1:2221,user2@jump2:2222" \
+ "ssh://user@host:2223" \
+ ; do
+ case "$jspec" in
+ "jump1") expected="jump1" ;;
+ "user@jump1") expected="user@jump1" ;;
+ "jump1:2222") expected="jump1:2222" ;;
+ "user@jump1:2222") expected="user@jump1:2222" ;;
+ "jump1,jump2") expected="jump1,jump2" ;;
+ "user1@jump1:2221,user2@jump2:2222")
+ expected="user1@jump1:2221,user2@jump2:2222" ;;
+ "ssh://user@host:2223") expected="user@host:2223" ;;
+ esac
+ f=`${SSH} -GF /dev/null -oProxyJump="$jspec" somehost | \
+ awk '/^proxyjump /{print $2}'`
+ if [ "$f" != "$expected" ]; then
+ fail "ProxyJump $jspec: expected $expected, got $f"
+ fi
+ f=`${SSH} -GF /dev/null -J "$jspec" somehost | \
+ awk '/^proxyjump /{print $2}'`
+ if [ "$f" != "$expected" ]; then
+ fail "ssh -J $jspec: expected $expected, got $f"
+ fi
+done
+
+verbose "precedence"
+f=`${SSH} -GF /dev/null -oProxyJump=none -oProxyJump=jump1 somehost | \
+ grep "^proxyjump "`
+if [ -n "$f" ]; then
+ fail "ProxyJump=none first did not win"
+fi
+f=`${SSH} -GF /dev/null -oProxyJump=jump -oProxyCommand=foo somehost | \
+ grep "^proxyjump "`
+if [ "$f" != "proxyjump jump" ]; then
+ fail "ProxyJump first did not win over ProxyCommand"
+fi
+f=`${SSH} -GF /dev/null -oProxyCommand=foo -oProxyJump=jump somehost | \
+ grep "^proxycommand "`
+if [ "$f" != "proxycommand foo" ]; then
+ fail "ProxyCommand first did not win over ProxyJump"
+fi
+
+verbose "command-line -J invalid characters"
+cp $OBJ/ssh_config $OBJ/ssh_config.orig
+for jspec in \
+ "host;with;semicolon" \
+ "host'with'quote" \
+ "host\`with\`backtick" \
+ "host\$with\$dollar" \
+ "host(with)brace" \
+ "user;with;semicolon@host" \
+ "user'with'quote@host" \
+ "user\`with\`backtick@host" \
+ "user(with)brace@host" ; do
+ ${SSH} -GF /dev/null -J "$jspec" somehost >/dev/null 2>&1
+ if [ $? -ne 255 ]; then
+ fail "ssh -J \"$jspec\" was not rejected"
+ fi
+ ${SSH} -GF /dev/null -oProxyJump="$jspec" somehost >/dev/null 2>&1
+ if [ $? -ne 255 ]; then
+ fail "ssh -oProxyJump=\"$jspec\" was not rejected"
+ fi
+done
+# Special characters should be accepted in the config though.
+echo "ProxyJump user;with;semicolon@host;with;semicolon" >> $OBJ/ssh_config
+f=`${SSH} -GF $OBJ/ssh_config somehost | grep "^proxyjump "`
+if [ "$f" != "proxyjump user;with;semicolon@host;with;semicolon" ]; then
+ fail "ProxyJump did not allow special characters in config: $f"
+fi
+
+verbose "functional test"
+# Use different names to avoid the loop detection in ssh.c
+grep -iv HostKeyAlias $OBJ/ssh_config.orig > $OBJ/ssh_config
+cat << _EOF >> $OBJ/ssh_config
+Host jump-host
+ HostkeyAlias jump-host
+Host target-host
+ HostkeyAlias target-host
+_EOF
+cp $OBJ/known_hosts $OBJ/known_hosts.orig
+sed 's/^[^ ]* /jump-host /' < $OBJ/known_hosts.orig > $OBJ/known_hosts
+sed 's/^[^ ]* /target-host /' < $OBJ/known_hosts.orig >> $OBJ/known_hosts
+start_sshd
+
+verbose "functional ProxyJump"
+res=`${REAL_SSH} -F $OBJ/ssh_config -J jump-host target-host echo "SUCCESS" 2>/dev/null`
+if [ "$res" != "SUCCESS" ]; then
+ fail "functional test failed: expected SUCCESS, got $res"
+fi
diff --color -ruNp a/ssh.c b/ssh.c
--- a/ssh.c 2026-04-10 15:42:50.657913189 +0200
+++ b/ssh.c 2026-04-10 16:04:07.489047966 +0200
@@ -639,43 +639,6 @@ ssh_conn_info_free(struct ssh_conn_info
free(cinfo);
}
-static int
-valid_hostname(const char *s)
-{
- size_t i;
-
- if (*s == '-')
- return 0;
- for (i = 0; s[i] != 0; i++) {
- if (strchr("'`\"$\\;&<>|(){}", s[i]) != NULL ||
- isspace((u_char)s[i]) || iscntrl((u_char)s[i]))
- return 0;
- }
- return 1;
-}
-
-static int
-valid_ruser(const char *s)
-{
- size_t i;
-
- if (*s == '-')
- return 0;
- for (i = 0; s[i] != 0; i++) {
- if (iscntrl((u_char)s[i]))
- return 0;
- if (strchr("'`\";&<>|(){}", s[i]) != NULL)
- return 0;
- /* Disallow '-' after whitespace */
- if (isspace((u_char)s[i]) && s[i + 1] == '-')
- return 0;
- /* Disallow \ in last position */
- if (s[i] == '\\' && s[i + 1] == '\0')
- return 0;
- }
- return 1;
-}
-
/*
* Main program for the ssh client.
*/
@@ -931,9 +894,9 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
}
if (options.proxy_command != NULL)
fatal("Cannot specify -J with ProxyCommand");
- if (parse_jump(optarg, &options, 1) == -1)
+ if (parse_jump(optarg, &options, 1, 1) == -1)
+
fatal("Invalid -J argument");
- options.proxy_command = xstrdup("none");
break;
case 't':
if (options.request_tty == REQUEST_TTY_YES)
@@ -1183,10 +1146,15 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
if (!host)
usage();
- if (!valid_hostname(host))
- fatal("hostname contains invalid characters");
- if (options.user != NULL && !valid_ruser(options.user))
+ /*
+ * Validate commandline-specified values that end up in %tokens
+ * before they are used in config parsing.
+ */
+ if (options.user != NULL && !ssh_valid_ruser(options.user))
fatal("remote username contains invalid characters");
+ if (!ssh_valid_hostname(host))
+ fatal("hostname contains invalid characters");
+
options.host_arg = xstrdup(host);
/* Initialize the command to execute on remote host. */
@@ -1347,7 +1315,8 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
sshbin = "ssh";
/* Consistency check */
- if (options.proxy_command != NULL)
+ if (options.proxy_command != NULL &&
+ strcasecmp(options.proxy_command, "none") != 0)
fatal("inconsistent options: ProxyCommand+ProxyJump");
/* Never use FD passing for ProxyJump */
options.proxy_use_fdpass = 0;
@@ -1467,7 +1436,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
cinfo->jmphost = xstrdup(options.jump_host == NULL ?
"" : options.jump_host);
- if (user_on_commandline && !valid_ruser(options.user))
+ if (user_on_commandline && !ssh_valid_ruser(options.user))
fatal("remote username contains invalid characters");
cinfo->conn_hash_hex = ssh_connection_hash(cinfo->thishost,

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@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ Patch1041: openssh-9.9p1-mux-askpass-check.patch
Patch1042: openssh-9.9p1-ecdsa-incomplete-application.patch
# upstream fd1c7e131f331942d20f42f31e79912d570081fa
Patch1043: openssh-9.9p1-authorized-keys-principles-option.patch
# upstream 76685c9b09a66435cd2ad8373246adf1c53976d3
# upstream 0a0ef4515361143cad21afa072319823854c1cf6
# upstream 607bd871ec029e9aa22e632a22547250f3cae223
# upstream 1340d3fa8e4bb122906a82159c4c9b91584d65ce
Patch1044: openssh-9.9p1-proxyjump-username-validity-checks.patch
License: BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause AND ISC AND SSH-OpenSSH AND ssh-keyscan AND snprintf AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain AND X11-distribute-modifications-variant
Requires: /sbin/nologin
@ -454,6 +459,7 @@ gpgv2 --quiet --keyring %{SOURCE3} %{SOURCE1} %{SOURCE0}
%patch -P 1041 -p1 -b .mux-askpass-check
%patch -P 1042 -p1 -b .ecdsa-incomplete-application
%patch -P 1043 -p1 -b .authorized-keys-principles-option
%patch -P 1044 -p1 -b .proxyjump-username-validity-checks
%patch -P 100 -p1 -b .coverity
@ -750,6 +756,9 @@ test -f %{sysconfig_anaconda} && \
Resolves: RHEL-166223
- CVE-2026-35414: Fix mishandling of authorized_keys principals option
Resolves: RHEL-166191
- CVE-2026-35386: Add validation rules to usernames and hostnames
set for ProxyJump/-J on the commandline
Resolves: RHEL-166207
* Fri Mar 27 2026 Zoltan Fridrich <zfridric@redhat.com> - 9.9p1-24
- Fix typo in SPDX license name