Unsafe SFTP Longname Buffer Overflow in libssh (CVE-2026-15370)
CVE-2026-15370 Published on July 21, 2026
Libssh: libssh: stack buffer overflow in sftp server longname construction
A flaw was found in libssh. During SFTP server directory listing, the longname field is constructed with unsafe concatenation into a fixed-size stack buffer. When a client causes the server to list attacker-controlled filenames, sufficiently long names can overflow that stack buffer and may lead to crashes or possible code execution on the server.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-15370 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 83 days later.
Weakness Type
What is a Stack Overflow Vulnerability?
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
CVE-2026-15370 has been classified to as a Stack Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
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