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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/2dae3024897e1898d389835151f4e9606227721d Patch
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1705 Patch
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1717 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.3 · libssh2NVD modified 2026-10-12 22:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 4
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/2dae3024897e1898d389835151f4e9606227721d Patch
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1705 Patch
- https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/1717 Patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libssh2-heap-buffer-over-read-via-sftp-symlink-in-sftp-c Third Party Advisory