CVE-2026-59843
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS 3.1
Description
A flaw was found in libssh. A remote authenticated peer can advertise a zero maximum packet size in SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN, causing later channel writes to loop indefinitely and consume CPU, leading to denial of service.
Metadata
Severity & Metrics
6.5
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Affected products (4)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | — | 0.12.1-4.hum1 < * |
Weakness (CWE)
| CWE | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-400 | adp | CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption |
CVSS scores (1)
| Score | Severity | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | MEDIUM | 3.1 | cna | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (3)