Version information and update for OpenSSH for Windows

I wanted to update the pre-installed version of OpenSSH for Windows on Windows 1903, since that one, 7.2p1 had some issues which had reportedly been fixed on v 8.0.0.0.

I followed the guide and links as given on - Update OpenSSH for Windows, and subsequently did aPowershell update.

However, when typing ssh -V in Powershell, I get, OpenSSH_for_Windows_7.7p1, and not 8.0.0.0 as I was expecting. I checked the environment variables, they all pointed to the correct location of OpenSSH binary folder within Program Files. The earlier version had been in a different place, which is no longer there.

When I try and get the File version of the sshd service installed, I get 8.0.0.0, but ssh -V still returns 7.7p1. Should I be concerned about this version mismatch?

2 Answers

I got the same version mismatch. I was concerned because it appeared that the SSH sessions I was initiating were using 7.7, and not 8.0. To fix it, I uninstalled openssh from Settings > Apps > Optional Features, and then installed the new Git-based version with chocolatey:

choco install openssh

Then, an ssh -V returned 8.0. Didn't fix my particular problem, but it did fix the version mismatch! Hope that helps.

I encountered the same "issue" You need to check where ssh is pointing to.get-command ssh | select name,path will let you know where ssh.exe is located.

Name Path
---- ----
ssh.exe C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe

in my case it was pointing to

C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe

so I updated git, checked system variable PATH and now it shows latest version

ssh -V
OpenSSH_8.2p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1d 10 Sep 2019