CVE-2026-0965 (GCVE-0-2026-0965)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-26 20:06
Modified
2026-05-19 16:46
Severity ?
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path
Summary
A flaw was found in libssh where it can attempt to open arbitrary files during configuration parsing. A local attacker can exploit this by providing a malicious configuration file or when the system is misconfigured. This vulnerability could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing the system to try and access dangerous files, such as block devices or large system files, which can disrupt normal operations.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18160 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18683 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0965 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2436980 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Unaffected: 0:0.12.0-2.el10   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:0.10.4-18.el9   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:0.10.4-18.el9   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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   Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images     cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
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