CVE-2026-59848 (GCVE-0-2026-59848)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-21 13:21 – Updated: 2026-07-22 19:07
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Title
Libssh: libssh: denial of service via sftp responses with unknown request ids
Summary
A flaw was found in libssh. A malicious SFTP server can send responses for unknown request IDs that libssh clients keep queued indefinitely, causing unbounded memory growth and client-side denial of service.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42922 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59848 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498181 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images Unaffected: 0.12.1-4.hum1 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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Date Public
2026-07-21 13:18
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Aisle Research for reporting this issue.
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