A security vulnerability has been detected in libssh2 up to 1.11.1. The impacted element is the function userauth_password of the file src/userauth.c. Such manipulation of the argument username_len/password_len leads to integer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 256d04b60d80bf1190e96b0ad1e91b2174d744b1. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
History

Fri, 01 May 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description A security vulnerability has been detected in libssh2 up to 1.11.1. The impacted element is the function userauth_password of the file src/userauth.c. Such manipulation of the argument username_len/password_len leads to integer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 256d04b60d80bf1190e96b0ad1e91b2174d744b1. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Title libssh2 userauth.c userauth_password integer overflow
First Time appeared Libssh2
Libssh2 libssh2
Weaknesses CWE-189
CWE-190
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Libssh2
Libssh2 libssh2
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-05-01T21:30:11.006Z

Updated: 2026-05-01T21:30:11.006Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T10:45:11.583Z

Link: CVE-2026-7598

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-01T22:16:16.947

Modified: 2026-05-01T22:16:16.947

Link: CVE-2026-7598

cve-icon Redhat

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