CVE-2025-15661

MEDIUM

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

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Technical Description technical-description
Researcher Pull Request
https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1705
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
Maintainer Pull Request
https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1717

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (2)
libssh2/libssh2 < 1.11.1
libssh2/libssh2 2dae3024897e1898d389835151f4e9606227721d
Published Jun 18, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 19, 2026