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5.9Medium CVE-2026-59845 Libssh

A flaw was found in libssh.

A flaw was found in libssh. When ProxyCommand is used, an unchecked fork() failure can be stored as process ID -1; during cleanup, signals may then be sent across the caller's accessible process tree, leading to local denial of service.

What happened

A flaw was found in libssh. When ProxyCommand is used, an unchecked fork() failure can be stored as process ID -1; during cleanup, signals may then be sent across the caller's accessible process tree, leading to local denial of service.

Does it affect you

Not enough information

No products recorded, so this cannot be matched against anything.

What to do

  • Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
    access.redhat.com
  • Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
    access.redhat.com
  • Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
    bugzilla.redhat.com

Vendor's affected list

rhel
Exactly 8.0

Sources

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