CVE-2026-7598
HIGHDescription
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.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 27% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/256d04b60d80bf1190e96b0ad1e91b2174d744b1
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1858
- https://vuldb.com/submit/805564
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/360555
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/360555/cti
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16736
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7021
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7598
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464597
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-7598.json
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-06-30.