CVE-2026-0968

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

A flaw was found in libssh in which a malicious SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) server can exploit this by sending a malformed 'longname' field within an SSH_FXP_NAME message during a file listing operation. This missing null check can lead to reading beyond allocated memory on the heap. This can cause unexpected behavior or lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to application crashes.

EPSS Score⁠: 0.00442 (0.363)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-476⁠

NULL Pointer Dereference

ADVISORY - redhat

CWE-476⁠

NULL Pointer Dereference

Impacted images

Advisories

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