libssh2 through 1.11.1 reads an attacker-controlled 32-bit attribute count from a publickey-subsystem response and uses it in the allocation num_attrs * sizeof(libssh2_publickey_attribute) without bounds checking, so on 32-bit platforms the multiplication overflows to an undersized buffer. A malicious SSH server can then drive the attribute-parsing loop to write past the allocation, causing a heap buffer overflow in a connecting libssh2 client.
https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/blob/master/src/publickey.c
https://github.com/bikini/exploitarium/tree/main/libssh2-publickey-list-calc-poc
Published: 2026-06-28
Updated: 2026-06-28
Base Score: 6.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.3
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High