CVE-2026-66033

HIGH

libssh2 Integer Underflow DoS via AES-GCM Cipher Negotiation

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit a2ed82d, contains a pre-authentication integer underflow vulnerability in the ssh2_cipher_crypt() function in src/openssl.c that allows a malicious SSH server to crash any connecting client by negotiating AES-GCM ciphers during handshake. Attackers can exploit the underflow in the expression computing blocksize minus aadlen minus authentication tag length to trigger an out-of-bounds read and a memcpy call with a near-SIZE_MAX length argument, causing immediate process crash before any authentication occurs.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0039
EPSS Percentile 31.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125 CWE-191
Status published
Products (2)
libssh2/libssh2 < 1.11.1 (2 CPE variants)
libssh2/libssh2 a2ed82d40964bbc0d64cd717aa0a5a892117d2e6
Published Jul 24, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 24, 2026