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CVE-2026-59845

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS 3.1
Description
A flaw was found in libssh. When ProxyCommand is used, an unchecked fork() failure can be stored as process ID -1; during cleanup, signals may then be sent across the caller's accessible process tree, leading to local denial of service.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-59845
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Reserved
2026-07-07 15:40 UTC
Published
2026-07-21 11:26 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-21 11:42 UTC
Vendor / Product
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.3 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products (4)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
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
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
5.3 MEDIUM 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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