Infinite loop Affecting libssh package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBSSH-18305076
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed21 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-59843  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop via the SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN process. An attacker can cause the system to enter an infinite loop and exhaust CPU resources by advertising a zero maximum packet size during channel establishment.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1