CVE-2025-8114
mediumpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in libssh, a library that implements the SSH protocol. When calculating the session ID during the key exchange (KEX) process, an allocation failure in cryptographic functions may lead to a NULL pointer dereference. This issue can cause the client or server to crash.
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affected products (80)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1640libssh: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-07-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in libssh ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8114cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2383220cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18683enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8114enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2383220enisa_euvd
- https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?id=53ac23ded4cb2c5463f6c4cd1525331bd578812denisa_euvd
- https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?id=65f363c9enisa_euvd
- https://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2025-8114.txtenisa_euvd
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