Security scans and vendor scripts are causing "connection reset by peer" errors

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When running a security scan or script, SSH connections fail with the error: kex_exchange_identification: read: connection reset by peer.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SSH

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