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Alpine: multiple libssh2 packages: security update to 1.11.1-r1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 442555

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2026-7598)

Solution

Update the libssh2 library and its related packages to version 1.11.1-r1 or later.

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-7598

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 442555

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 6/1/2026

Updated: 6/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-7598

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-7598