CVE-2026-59848 vulnerability in Red Hat Products
Published on July 21, 2026
Libssh: libssh: denial of service via sftp responses with unknown request ids
A flaw was found in libssh. A malicious SFTP server can send responses for unknown request IDs that libssh clients keep queued indefinitely, causing unbounded memory growth and client-side denial of service.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-59848 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 83 days later.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-59848
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