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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : libssh vulnerabilities (USN-8051-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299636

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8051-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that libssh clients incorrectly handled the key exchange process. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libssh clients to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2025-8277)

 It was discovered that the libssh SCP client incorrectly sanitized paths received from servers. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libssh SCP clients to overwrite files outside of the working directory and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-0964)

 It was discovered that libssh incorrectly handled parsing configuration files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libssh to access non-regular files, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-0965)

 It was discovered that libssh incorrectly handled the ssh_get_hexa() function. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libssh to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-0966)

 It was discovered that libssh incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libssh to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-0967)

 It was discovered that the libssh SFTP client incorrectly handled certain malformed longname fields. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libssh SFTP clients to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-0968)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8051-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 299636

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8051-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2026

Updated: 4/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0968

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0967

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssh-4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssh-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssh-gcrypt-4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssh-gcrypt-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8277, CVE-2026-0964, CVE-2026-0965, CVE-2026-0966, CVE-2026-0967, CVE-2026-0968

IAVA: 2026-A-0166

USN: 8051-1