CVE-2026-66033
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileDEEUFRUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit a2ed82d, contains a pre-authentication integer underflow vulnerability in the ssh2_cipher_crypt() function in src/openssl.c that allows a malicious SSH server to crash any connecting client by negotiating AES-GCM ciphers during handshake. Attackers can exploit the underflow in the expression computing blocksize minus aadlen minus authentication tag length to trigger an out-of-bounds read and a memcpy call with a near-SIZE_MAX length argument, causing immediate process crash before any authentication occurs.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–8.7
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affected products (15)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2516libssh2: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-07-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in libssh2 ausnutzen, um möglicherweise vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/a2ed82d40964bbc0d64cd717aa0a5a892117d2e6cnnvd
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/2401cnnvd
- https://libssh2.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libssh2-integer-underflow-dos-via-aes-gcm-cipher-negotiationcnnvd
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/a2ed82d40964bbc0d64cd717aa0a5a892117d2e6enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/2401enisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libssh2-integer-underflow-dos-via-aes-gcm-cipher-negotiationenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/a2ed82d40964bbc0d64cd717aa0a5a892117d2e6Patchnvd
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