CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-0965
3.3 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- Last modified
- 2026-09-01
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-73
Description
A flaw was found in libssh where it can attempt to open arbitrary files during configuration parsing. A local attacker can exploit this by providing a malicious configuration file or when the system is misconfigured. This vulnerability could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing the system to try and access dangerous files, such as block devices or large system files, which can disrupt normal operations.
Affected configurations
• libssh libssh (<= 0.11.3)
• redhat enterprise linux 9.0
• redhat enterprise linux 10.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18160 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18683 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0965 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2436980 Third Party Advisory