Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting libssh package, versions [,0.11.4)
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- published11 Feb 2026
- disclosed10 Feb 2026
- creditKang Yang, Yunhang Zhang, Jun Xu
Introduced: 10 Feb 2026
CVE-2026-0965 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade libssh to version 0.11.4 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the improper handling of configuration files from default location, provided through the ssh_config_parse_file() and
ssh_bind_config_parse_file() functions and through glob wildcards. An attacker can cause a system crash or service interruption by supplying a specially crafted configuration file.