CVE-2026-0966

Libssh: buffer underflow in ssh_get_hexa() on invalid input

CVE-2026-0966 is fixed in 7 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2026:18160, released February 10, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.2
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0060
49th percentile

A flaw was found in libssh. The API function `ssh_get_hexa()` is vulnerable to a denial of service when processing zero-length input. This can be exploited remotely by an attacker during GSSAPI (Generic Security Service Application Program Interface) authentication if the server's logging verbosity is set to `SSH_LOG_PACKET (3)` or higher. Successful exploitation could lead to a self-Denial of Service of the per-connection daemon process.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libssh · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 0.10.6-0+deb12u3 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-0966 Mar 26, 2026
libssh · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 0.11.5-0+deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-0966 Mar 26, 2026
libssh · Debian 14 0.12.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-0966 Mar 26, 2026
libssh · RHEL 10 0.12.0-2.el10 RHSA-2026:18160 Feb 10, 2026
libssh · RHEL 9 0:0.10.4-18.el9 RHSA-2026:18683 May 27, 2026
libssh · almalinux 10 0.12.0-2.el10 ALSA-2026:18160 May 19, 2026
libssh · almalinux 9 0.10.4-18.el9 ALSA-2026:18683 May 19, 2026
libssh · amzn 2023 0.10.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-1461 Mar 2, 2026
libssh · ol 10 0:0.12.0-2.el10 ELSA-2026-18160 Jul 8, 2026
libssh · ol 9 0:0.10.4-18.el9 ELSA-2026-18683 Jun 12, 2026
libssh · opensuse-leap 15.6 0.9.8-150600.11.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0779-1 Mar 3, 2026
libssh · rocky 10 0:0.12.0-2.el10 RLSA-2026:18160 May 29, 2026
libssh · rocky 9 0:0.10.4-18.el9 RLSA-2026:18683 May 28, 2026
libssh · sles 15.7 0.9.8-150600.11.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0779-1 Mar 3, 2026
libssh-4 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.7+esm6 libssh-4 0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.7+esm6 Mar 12, 2026
libssh-4 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 0.9.3-2ubuntu2.5+esm3 libssh-4 0.9.3-2ubuntu2.5+esm3 Mar 12, 2026
libssh-4 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 0.9.6-2ubuntu0.22.04.6 libssh-4 0.9.6-2ubuntu0.22.04.6 Mar 12, 2026
libssh-4 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 0.10.6-2ubuntu0.3 libssh-4 0.10.6-2ubuntu0.3 Mar 12, 2026
libssh-4 · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 0.11.2-1ubuntu0.2 libssh-4 0.11.2-1ubuntu0.2 Mar 12, 2026
libssh-config · RHEL 9 0:0.10.4-18.el9 RHSA-2026:18683 May 27, 2026
libssh-config · almalinux 10 0.12.0-2.el10 ALSA-2026:18160 May 19, 2026
libssh-config · almalinux 9 0.10.4-18.el9 ALSA-2026:18683 May 19, 2026
libssh-config · amzn 2023 0.10.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-1461 Mar 2, 2026
libssh-config · ol 10 0:0.12.0-2.el10 ELSA-2026-18160 Jul 8, 2026
libssh-config · ol 9 0:0.10.4-18.el9 ELSA-2026-18683 Jun 12, 2026
libssh-debuginfo · amzn 2023 0.10.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-1461 Mar 2, 2026
libssh-debugsource · amzn 2023 0.10.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-1461 Mar 2, 2026
libssh-devel · RHEL 9 0:0.10.4-18.el9 RHSA-2026:18683 May 27, 2026
libssh-devel · almalinux 10 0.12.0-2.el10 ALSA-2026:18160 May 19, 2026
libssh-devel · almalinux 9 0.10.4-18.el9 ALSA-2026:18683 May 19, 2026
libssh-devel · amzn 2023 0.10.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-1461 Mar 2, 2026
libssh-devel · ol 10 0:0.12.0-2.el10 ELSA-2026-18160 Jul 8, 2026
libssh-devel · ol 9 0:0.10.4-18.el9 ELSA-2026-18683 Jun 12, 2026
libssh-gcrypt-4 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.7+esm6 libssh-gcrypt-4 0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.7+esm6 Mar 12, 2026
libssh-gcrypt-4 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 0.9.3-2ubuntu2.5+esm3 libssh-gcrypt-4 0.9.3-2ubuntu2.5+esm3 Mar 12, 2026
libssh-gcrypt-4 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 0.9.6-2ubuntu0.22.04.6 libssh-gcrypt-4 0.9.6-2ubuntu0.22.04.6 Mar 12, 2026
libssh-gcrypt-4 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 0.10.6-2ubuntu0.3 libssh-gcrypt-4 0.10.6-2ubuntu0.3 Mar 12, 2026

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