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… (CVE-2026-59844)
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.
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… (CVE-2026-59844)
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-qp28-hpg5-j7xc
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-59844"]
- Database Specific Severity
- MODERATE
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a6150e69c2644c7f8da1e77
Added to database: 07/22/2026, 23:23:18 UTC
Last enriched: 07/22/2026, 23:36:57 UTC
Last updated: 09/12/2026, 10:01:32 UTC
Views: 100
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