Amazon Linux 2 : libssh2, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3329 (ALAS-2026-3329)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 319781

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of libssh2 installed on the remote host is prior to 1.4.3-12. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3329 advisory.

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)

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

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

Solution

Run 'yum update libssh2' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3329' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 319781

File Name: al2_ALAS-2026-3329.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/8/2026

Updated: 6/8/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libssh2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libssh2-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libssh2, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libssh2-docs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-7598

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