CVE-2026-59842CWE-125

CVE-2026-59842

Low · published July 21, 2026

CVSS v3.1
3.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
41.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in libssh. During server-side GSSAPI key exchange, a client-supplied Curve25519 public key shorter than the expected length is copied without proper length validation, leading to an out-of-bounds heap read. This could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose small amounts of server memory.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.7 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00493 · 41.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-07-21T16:18Z
Affected products (19)
ProductVersionsFixed in
libssh/libsshall versions—
redhat/hardened_imagesall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endianall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endianall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_elsall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eusall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_elsall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_elsall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_eusall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_eusall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systemsall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systemsall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_elsall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eusall versions—
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 JUL 11:08Z
    Libssh: libssh: information disclosure via short gssapi curve25519 public key
    cvelistv5