CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-55200

HighCVSS 8.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
4.02%

91th percentile - higher than 91% of all known CVEs

Summary

libssh2 1.11.1, fixed in commit 97acf3d, contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in ssh2_transport_read() that fails to enforce upper bounds on the packet_length field. Remote attackers can send crafted SSH packets with excessively large packet_length values to corrupt heap memory and achieve remote code execution.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker can corrupt heap memory and potentially execute arbitrary code in a process using libssh2. The risk applies to applications and services using libssh2 for SSH connections.

Recommendation

Update libssh2 to a version containing commit 97acf3d and review applications using the library.

Other vulnerabilities in libssh2

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Original NVD description (English source)

libssh2 1.11.1, fixed in commit 97acf3d, contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in ssh2_transport_read() that fails to enforce upper bounds on packet_length field. Remote attackers can send crafted SSH packets with excessively large packet_length values to corrupt heap memory and achieve remote code execution.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS