Buffer Underflow Affecting rhcos package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-RHCOS-15471984
  • published12 Mar 2026
  • disclosed10 Feb 2026

Introduced: 10 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-0966  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-124  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 rhcos.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rhcos package and not the rhcos package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The API function ssh_get_hexa() is vulnerable, when 0-lenght input is provided to this function. This function is used internally in ssh_get_fingerprint_hash() and ssh_print_hexa() (deprecated), which is vulnerable to the same input (length is provided by the calling application).

The function is also used internally in the gssapi code for logging the OIDs received by the server during GSSAPI authentication. This could be triggered remotely, when the server allows GSSAPI authentication and logging verbosity is set at least to SSH_LOG_PACKET (3). This could cause self-DoS of the per-connection daemon process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1