CVE-2025-15661

libssh2 - Heap Buffer Over-read via sftp_symlink() in sftp.c

State
Published
Severity
8.3 High
Published
Jun 18, 2026
Updated
Sep 24, 2026
Reserved
Jun 18, 2026

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Description

libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit 2dae302, contains an out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in the sftp_symlink() function in src/sftp.c that allows a malicious SSH server or man-in-the-middle attacker to disclose heap memory contents or cause a crash by sending a crafted SSH_FXP_NAME response. Attackers can supply a link_len value larger than the actual packet data in SSH_FXP_NAME responses for SFTP READLINK and REALPATH operations, triggering a heap buffer over-read of up to target_len minus one bytes due to the missing validation of available packet buffer size before the memcpy operation.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.3 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:HVulnCheck

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libssh2libssh2
  • 1.11.1 and earlierAffected
  • 2dae3024897e1898d389835151f4e9606227721dNot affected

References

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