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5.3Medium CVE-2026-59848 Libssh

A flaw was found in libssh.

A flaw was found in libssh. A malicious SFTP server can send responses for unknown request IDs that libssh clients keep queued indefinitely, causing unbounded memory growth and client-side denial of service.

What happened

A flaw was found in libssh. A malicious SFTP server can send responses for unknown request IDs that libssh clients keep queued indefinitely, causing unbounded memory growth and client-side 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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