libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit a13bb6c, contains a missing bounds check vulnerability that allows a malicious SSH server to trigger an arbitrary-length heap out-of-bounds read and a free of an uninitialized pointer via the publickey subsystem. In libssh2_publickey_list_fetch(), the version 1 response parser reads a server-controlled comment_len value and advances the parse pointer without verifying sufficient bytes remain in the buffer, causing the out-of-bounds read to leak heap pointers from adjacent allocations defeating ASLR, followed by heap allocator state corruption when the error cleanup path frees an uninitialized pointer from a non-zeroed realloc() region.

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Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat hummingbird
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat hummingbird
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threat_severity

Moderate


Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Libssh2
Libssh2 libssh2
Vendors & Products Libssh2
Libssh2 libssh2

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit a13bb6c, contains a missing bounds check vulnerability that allows a malicious SSH server to trigger an arbitrary-length heap out-of-bounds read and a free of an uninitialized pointer via the publickey subsystem. In libssh2_publickey_list_fetch(), the version 1 response parser reads a server-controlled comment_len value and advances the parse pointer without verifying sufficient bytes remain in the buffer, causing the out-of-bounds read to leak heap pointers from adjacent allocations defeating ASLR, followed by heap allocator state corruption when the error cleanup path frees an uninitialized pointer from a non-zeroed realloc() region.
Title libssh2 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via publickey subsystem
Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-908
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-28T01:06:26.204Z

Reserved: 2026-07-23T20:45:17.816Z

Link: CVE-2026-66034

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-24T17:31:12.343Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-07-24T16:42:18Z

Links: CVE-2026-66034 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-26T03:15:17Z

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