#1141274 ITP: openssh-gssapi -- OpenSSH client and server with GSS-API support

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Colin Watson
Date:
2026-08-22 19:05:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1141274#5
Date:
2026-07-02 14:22:26 UTC
From:
To:
* Package name    : openssh-gssapi
  Version         : 10.3p1
  Upstream Contact: openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org
* URL             : https://www.openssh.com/
* License         : BSD-3-clause
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : OpenSSH client and server with GSS-API support

As discussed in
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2024/04/msg00044.html and thread,
I've been intending to split out GSS-API support from the main OpenSSH
packaging for some time.

The GSS-API key exchange patch is about 3900 lines that is never likely
to be accepted upstream, and accounts for 68% of our current patch
volume all by itself, much of which is in the particularly
security-critical pre-authentication parts of OpenSSH.  We also
configure OpenSSH using the --with-kerberos5 option, which causes
sshd-auth and sshd-session to have significant extra library linkage
that increases their exposure to attack chains.  Having all of this
installed only on systems that actually need it will reduce risk for
most Debian users.

I intend to maintain this as part of the SSH team (which admittedly is
pretty much just me right now; if any Debian developers are interested
in helping out, please contact me off-list) alongside the existing
openssh and openssh-ssh1 source packages.  Unlike openssh-ssh1 which is
intentionally frozen at an old version, it should generally be possible
to keep openssh-gssapi broadly in sync with openssh.

#1141274#8
Date:
2026-08-12 23:21:24 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

Bug #1141274 in openssh-gssapi reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/ssh-team/openssh-gssapi/-/commit/626b027fcd22b8aa6713c2f65cb8842bddfe8b0e
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Split out openssh-gssapi source package

This will continue to provide GSS-API authentication and key exchange
support after it has been dropped from the main openssh source package,
which will happen soon.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2024/04/msg00044.html

Closes: #1141274
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Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1141274

#1141274#13
Date:
2026-08-12 23:22:08 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

Bug #1141274 in openssh-gssapi reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/ssh-team/openssh-gssapi/-/commit/626b027fcd22b8aa6713c2f65cb8842bddfe8b0e
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Split out openssh-gssapi source package

This will continue to provide GSS-API authentication and key exchange
support after it has been dropped from the main openssh source package,
which will happen soon.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2024/04/msg00044.html

Closes: #1141274
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Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1141274

#1141274#18
Date:
2026-08-22 19:02:17 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
openssh-gssapi, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1141274@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> (supplier of updated openssh-gssapi package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:01:49 +0100
Binary: openssh-client-gssapi openssh-client-gssapi-dbgsym openssh-server-gssapi openssh-server-gssapi-dbgsym
Source: openssh-gssapi
Architecture: amd64 source
Version: 1:10.4p1-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian OpenSSH Maintainers <debian-ssh@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Closes: 1141274
Description:
 openssh-client-gssapi - secure shell (SSH) client, with GSS-API support
 openssh-server-gssapi - secure shell (SSH) server, with GSS-API key exchange
Changes:
 openssh-gssapi (1:10.4p1-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Split out openssh-gssapi source package, in preparation for dropping
     GSS-API authentication and key exchange support from the main openssh
     source package (closes: #1141274).
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