diff --git a/testing/backend/unit/fixtures/ssh_runner/sample_output.txt b/testing/backend/unit/fixtures/ssh_runner/sample_output.txt
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+Hostname: prod-server-01
+Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-generic
+Uptime: 45 days 3 hours 12 minutes
+Memory: 8192MB used / 16384MB total
+Disk: 75% used
diff --git a/testing/backend/unit/test_ssh_runner_plugin.py b/testing/backend/unit/test_ssh_runner_plugin.py
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+"""Parser and contract coverage for plugins/ssh_runner (issue #1536)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import importlib.util
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from backend.secuscan.config import settings
+from backend.secuscan.executor import executor
+from backend.secuscan.plugins import PluginManager
+
+PLUGIN_ID = "ssh_runner"
+FIXTURE_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures" / PLUGIN_ID / "sample_output.txt"
+PARSER_PATH = Path(settings.plugins_dir) / PLUGIN_ID / "parser.py"
+
+
+def _load_ssh_runner_parser():
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("ssh_runner_parser", PARSER_PATH)
+    assert spec is not None and spec.loader is not None
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+    return module
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def plugin_manager(setup_test_environment) -> PluginManager:
+    manager = PluginManager(settings.plugins_dir)
+    asyncio.run(manager.load_plugins())
+    return manager
+
+
+def test_ssh_runner_metadata_loads_through_validation_path(plugin_manager):
+    plugin = plugin_manager.get_plugin(PLUGIN_ID)
+    assert plugin is not None
+    assert plugin.id == PLUGIN_ID
+    schema = plugin_manager.get_plugin_schema(PLUGIN_ID)
+    assert schema is not None
+
+
+def test_ssh_runner_build_command_renders_representative_target(plugin_manager):
+    target = "user@server.example.com"
+    command = plugin_manager.build_command(PLUGIN_ID, {"target": target})
+
+    assert command is not None
+    assert target in " ".join(command) or any(target in arg for arg in command)
+
+
+def test_ssh_runner_parser_fixture_produces_stable_findings(plugin_manager):
+    parser = _load_ssh_runner_parser()
+    raw_output = FIXTURE_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    parsed = parser.parse(raw_output)
+    assert len(parsed["findings"]) == 1
+
+    finding = parsed["findings"][0]
+    assert finding["title"] == "SSH Command Executed Successfully"
+    assert finding["category"] == "Remote Execution"
+    assert finding["severity"] == "info"
+    assert finding["metadata"]["raw_output"] == raw_output
+
+
+def test_ssh_runner_parser_empty_output_produces_info_finding(plugin_manager):
+    parser = _load_ssh_runner_parser()
+    parsed = parser.parse("")
+
+    assert len(parsed["findings"]) == 1
+    assert parsed["findings"][0]["severity"] == "info"
+    assert parsed["findings"][0]["title"] == "SSH Command Executed Successfully"
+
+
+def test_ssh_runner_parser_permission_denied_adjusts_severity(plugin_manager):
+    parser = _load_ssh_runner_parser()
+    raw = "Connecting to user@server.example.com...\nPermission denied (publickey)."
+    parsed = parser.parse(raw)
+
+    assert len(parsed["findings"]) == 1
+    assert parsed["findings"][0]["title"] == "SSH Execution Failed / Error"
+    assert parsed["findings"][0]["severity"] == "medium"
+
+
+def test_ssh_runner_parser_connection_refused_adjusts_severity(plugin_manager):
+    parser = _load_ssh_runner_parser()
+    raw = "ssh: connect to host server.example.com port 22: Connection refused"
+    parsed = parser.parse(raw)
+
+    assert len(parsed["findings"]) == 1
+    assert parsed["findings"][0]["severity"] == "medium"
+    assert parsed["findings"][0]["title"] == "SSH Execution Failed / Error"
+
+
+def test_ssh_runner_parser_combined_error_conditions(plugin_manager):
+    parser = _load_ssh_runner_parser()
+    raw = "Permission denied and Connection refused"
+    parsed = parser.parse(raw)
+
+    assert len(parsed["findings"]) == 1
+    assert parsed["findings"][0]["severity"] == "medium"
+
+
+def test_ssh_runner_executor_normalizes_parser_fixture(plugin_manager):
+    parser = _load_ssh_runner_parser()
+    plugin = plugin_manager.get_plugin(PLUGIN_ID)
+    assert plugin is not None
+
+    parsed = parser.parse(FIXTURE_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    normalized = executor._normalize_parsed_result(
+        plugin, FIXTURE_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf-8"), parsed
+    )
+
+    assert len(normalized["findings"]) == 1
+    assert all(f["title"] for f in normalized["findings"])