CVE-2026-0968

low

Description

A flaw was found in libssh in which a malicious SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) server can exploit this by sending a malformed 'longname' field within an `SSH_FXP_NAME` message during a file listing operation. This missing null check can lead to reading beyond allocated memory on the heap. This can cause unexpected behavior or lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to application crashes.

References

https://www.libssh.org/2026/02/10/libssh-0-12-0-and-0-11-4-security-releases/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2436982

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0968

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-26

Updated: 2026-03-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.1

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

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00029