CVE-2026-66034
libssh2 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via publickey subsystem
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.7 High
- Published
- Jul 24, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 23, 2026
Description
libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit a13bb6c, contains a missing bounds check vulnerability that allows a malicious SSH server to trigger an arbitrary-length heap out-of-bounds read and a free of an uninitialized pointer via the publickey subsystem. In libssh2_publickey_list_fetch(), the version 1 response parser reads a server-controlled comment_len value and advances the parse pointer without verifying sufficient bytes remain in the buffer, causing the out-of-bounds read to leak heap pointers from adjacent allocations defeating ASLR, followed by heap allocator state corruption when the error cleanup path frees an uninitialized pointer from a non-zeroed realloc() region.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libssh2libssh2 |
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References
- Pull Requestissue-trackingpatch
- Patch Commitpatch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libssh2-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-publickey-subsystemthird-party-advisory
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