napalm_linux/linux.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from napalm_device_types import (
     HostStatusMixin,
     KernelFactsMixin,
     ListeningSocketsMixin,
+    OpenSshServerMixin,
     OSDriver,
     SystemdServicesMixin,
     SystemdUnavailable,
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ class LinuxDriver(
     KernelFactsMixin,
     ListeningSocketsMixin,
     VirtualIpsMixin,
+    OpenSshServerMixin,
     SystemdServicesMixin,
     HostStatusMixin,
     ContainerEngineMixin,

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "napalm-linux"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "NAPALM driver for generic Linux systems via SSH"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "napalm>=4.0",
-    "napalm-device-types>=4.2.0",
+    "napalm-device-types>=4.5.0",
     "netmiko>=4.0.0",
     "paramiko>=5.0.0",  # CVE-2026-44405
 ]

tests/test_linux.py

@@ -1673,3 +1673,23 @@ class TestGetVirtualIps:
         privileged, plain = (c.command for c in channels)
         assert privileged.startswith("sudo -n sh -c 'sh -c '")
         assert plain.startswith("sh -c '")
+
+
+class TestHardensItsSshServer:
+    """A stock Linux host runs a stock OpenSSH: the hardening netOrk offers for
+    ssh-audit findings comes from napalm-device-types, carried over run_command
+    (NetOrk/netork#1027)."""
+
+    def test_mixes_in_the_openssh_hardening(self):
+        from napalm_device_types import OpenSshServerMixin
+
+        assert issubclass(LinuxDriver, OpenSshServerMixin)
+        assert callable(getattr(LinuxDriver, "harden_ssh_server", None))
+
+    def test_reads_the_algorithms_as_root_over_the_command_channel(self, driver):
+        from napalm_device_types import CommandResult
+
+        out = "kexalgorithms a\nhostkeyalgorithms b\nciphers c\nmacs d\n"
+        with patch.object(driver, "run_command", return_value=CommandResult(out, "", 0)) as run:
+            assert driver.get_ssh_server_algorithms()["mac"] == ["d"]
+        assert run.call_args.kwargs["privileged"] is True