CVE-2026-58051: libssh2 - Free of Uninitialized Pointer in publickey List Cleanup
CSIRTS triage
- What
- This vulnerability is due to a free of uninitialized pointer in publickey list cleanup.
- Who is affected
- Users of libssh2 are affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to its medium severity and potential for exploitation.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of libssh2.
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Details
Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58051
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-580510.28% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 20% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-58051 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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Recent advisories for libssh2 - Free
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- high[UPDATE] [high] libssh2: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-03
- mediumCVE-2026-58051: libssh2 through 1.11.1 grows its publickey list with SSH2_REALLOC but does not zero-initialize…nvd · 2026-06-28
- highCVE-2026-58050: libssh2 through 1.11.1 reads an attacker-controlled 32-bit attribute count from a publickey-su…nvd · 2026-06-28
- unknownDSA-6365-1 libssh2 - security updatedebian · 2026-06-25
- unknownNCSC-2026-0210 [1.01] [M/H] Vulnerabilities fixed in libssh2 by libsshncsc-nl · 2026-06-24
- highCVE-2026-55200: libssh2 - Out-of-Bounds Write via Unchecked packet_length in transport.cmsrc · 2026-06-09
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