CVE-2026-0965

Name
CVE-2026-0965
Description
A flaw was found in libssh where it can attempt to open arbitrary files during configuration parsing. A local attacker can exploit this by providing a malicious configuration file or when the system is misconfigured. This vulnerability could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing the system to try and access dangerous files, such as block devices or large system files, which can disrupt normal operations.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0965
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2436980

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* libssh >= None <= 0.11.3
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* enterprise_linux == None == 9.0
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* enterprise_linux == None == 10.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
libssh edge-community 0.12.0-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
libssh edge-community 0.11.3-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libssh edge-community 0.11.2-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libssh edge-community 0.11.1-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libssh edge-community 0.10.6-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libssh edge-community 0.9.6-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libssh edge-community 0.9.5-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libssh edge-community 0.9.4-r0 None possibly vulnerable
libssh edge-community 0.9.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
libssh edge-community 0.7.6-r0 None possibly vulnerable
libssh 3.23-community 0.11.4-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
libssh 3.23-community 0.11.3-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable