Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in libssh2 up to 1.11.1. The impacted element is the function userauth_password of the file src/userauth.c. Such manipulation of the argument username_len/password_len leads to integer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 256d04b60d80bf1190e96b0ad1e91b2174d744b1. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.3/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | libssh2 | 1.11.0; 1.11.1 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Update Service | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer | — |
References
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/Product
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/256d04b60d80bf1190e96b0ad1e91b2174d744b1Patch
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1858Issue Tracking
- https://vuldb.com/submit/805564Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/360555Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/360555/ctiPermissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16736
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61752
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7021
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7598
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464597
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-7598.json
- https://vuldb.com/submit/805564Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Timeline
- Published
- May 1, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 11, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified