CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-59845

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2026-07-21 Modified 2026-09-01 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-07-21
Last modified
2026-09-01
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-390

Description

A flaw was found in libssh. When ProxyCommand is used, an unchecked fork() failure can be stored as process ID -1; during cleanup, signals may then be sent across the caller's accessible process tree, leading to local denial of service.

Affected configurations

• libssh libssh • redhat hardened images • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 9.0 • redhat enterprise linux 10.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-390 Detection of Error Condition Without Action weakness

References