CVE-2026-59845

medium

Description

A flaw was found in libssh. When ProxyCommand is used, an unchecked fork() failure can be stored as process ID -1; during cleanup, signals may then be sent across the caller's accessible process tree, leading to local denial of service.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498178

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59845

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42922

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-21

Updated: 2026-07-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.8

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00107