Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libssh2 package, versions <0:1.11.1-9.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-LIBSSH2-17522231
  • published26 Jun 2026
  • disclosed1 Jan 2025

Introduced: 1 Jan 2025

CVE-2025-15661  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 libssh2 to version 0:1.11.1-9.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:30132.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libssh2 package and not the libssh2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit 2dae302, contains an out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in the sftp_symlink() function in src/sftp.c that allows a malicious SSH server or man-in-the-middle attacker to disclose heap memory contents or cause a crash by sending a crafted SSH_FXP_NAME response. Attackers can supply a link_len value larger than the actual packet data in SSH_FXP_NAME responses for SFTP READLINK and REALPATH operations, triggering a heap buffer over-read of up to target_len minus one bytes due to the missing validation of available packet buffer size before the memcpy operation.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1