CVE-2026-7598
Published: May 6, 2026Last modified: May 8, 2026
Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in libssh2 up to 1.11.1. The impacted element is the function userauth_password of the file src/userauth.c. Such manipulation of the argument username_len/password_len leads to integer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 256d04b60d80bf1190e96b0ad1e91b2174d744b1. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.3 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | LOW |
| Integrity impact | LOW |
| Availability impact | LOW |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | libssh2 | Fixed (1.11.1-r1) |
| 25 LTS | libssh2 | Fixed (1.11.1-r1) | |
| Stream | libssh2 | Fixed (1.11.1-r2) |