CVE-2026-58051

MEDIUM

libssh2 - Free of Uninitialized Pointer in publickey List Cleanup

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

libssh2 through 1.11.1 grows its publickey list with SSH2_REALLOC but does not zero-initialize new entries before parsing populates them, so a parse failure reaching the cleanup path leaves libssh2_publickey_list_free operating on an uninitialized entry. A malicious SSH server offering the publickey subsystem can use a malformed response to make cleanup free an uninitialized, attacker-influenceable attrs pointer in a connecting libssh2 client.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: libssh2 - Free of Uninitialized Pointer in publickey List Cleanup
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libssh2-free-of-uninitialized-pointer-in-publickey-list-cleanup

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 19.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-908
Status published
Products (1)
libssh2/libssh2 < 1.11.1 (2 CPE variants)
Published Jun 28, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 28, 2026