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CVE-2026-59844

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.5 Published: 2026-07-21 Modified: 2026-08-17

Description

A flaw was found in libssh. A remote authenticated client can issue SSH_FXP_READ requests with an arbitrarily large length, causing a libssh SFTP server to allocate excessive memory and potentially exhaust it through repeated requests.

Affected Platforms

Redhat Hardened ImagesLibssh LibsshRedhat Enterprise Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-789

References