๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-0966

MEDIUM 6.5

Libssh: buffer underflow in ssh_get_hexa() on invalid input

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
28th

The API function `ssh_get_hexa()` is vulnerable, when 0-lenght input is provided to this function. This function is used internally in `ssh_get_fingerprint_hash()` and `ssh_print_hexa()` (deprecated), which is vulnerable to the same input (length is provided by the calling application). The function is also used internally in the gssapi code for logging the OIDs received by the server during GSSAPI authentication. This could be triggered remotely, when the server allows GSSAPI authentication and logging verbosity is set at least to SSH_LOG_PACKET (3). This could cause self-DoS of the per-connection daemon process.

CWE CWE-124
Vendor red hat
Product red hat enterprise linux 10
Published Mar 26, 2026
Last Updated Apr 12, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Hardened Images
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Hardened Images
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0966 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2433121 libssh.org: https://www.libssh.org/2026/02/10/libssh-0-12-0-and-0-11-4-security-releases/

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Jakub Jelen (libssh), Jun Xu, Kang Yang, and Yunhang Zhang for reporting this issue.