diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/CVE-2026-35385.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/CVE-2026-35385.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fc19a6062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/CVE-2026-35385.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From 9df287221ad61f6b05b3e80bc57bdaacfa5ab243 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "djm@openbsd.org" <djm@openbsd.org>
+Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 07:42:16 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] upstream: when downloading files as root in legacy (-O) mode
+ and
+
+without the -p (preserve modes) flag set, clear setuid/setgid bits from
+downloaded files as one might expect.
+
+AFAIK this bug dates back to the original Berkeley rcp program.
+
+Reported by Christos Papakonstantinou of Cantina and Spearbit.
+
+OpenBSD-Commit-ID: 49e902fca8dd933a92a9b547ab31f63e86729fa1
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-35385
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/487e8ac146f7d6616f65c125d5edb210519b833a]
+Signed-off-by: Theo Gaige (Schneider Electric) <tgaige.opensource@witekio.com>
+---
+ scp.c | 6 ++++--
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
+index 492dace12..2c21fa19a 100644
+--- a/scp.c
++++ b/scp.c
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.260 2023/10/11 05:42:08 djm Exp $ */
++/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.273 2026/04/02 07:42:16 djm Exp $ */
+ /*
+  * scp - secure remote copy.  This is basically patched BSD rcp which
+  * uses ssh to do the data transfer (instead of using rcmd).
+@@ -1682,8 +1682,10 @@ sink(int argc, char **argv, const char *src)
+ 
+ 	setimes = targisdir = 0;
+ 	mask = umask(0);
+-	if (!pflag)
++	if (!pflag) {
++		mask |= 07000;
+ 		(void) umask(mask);
++	}
+ 	if (argc != 1) {
+ 		run_err("ambiguous target");
+ 		exit(1);
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_9.6p1.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_9.6p1.bb
index 1cdd888ccb..3a9010a7a4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_9.6p1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_9.6p1.bb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ SRC_URI = "http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-${PV}.tar
            file://CVE-2025-32728.patch \
            file://CVE-2025-61985.patch \
            file://CVE-2025-61984.patch \
+           file://CVE-2026-35385.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "910211c07255a8c5ad654391b40ee59800710dd8119dd5362de09385aa7a777c"