CVE-2026-59849
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in libssh to gain elevated privileges, bypass security measures, disclose confidential information, trigger a denial-of-service attack, and manipulate data.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities can be exploited to gain elevated privileges, bypass security measures, disclose information, trigger denial-of-service attacks, and manipulate data.
- Who is affected
- Users of libssh.
- Urgency
- Remediation is high urgency due to the potential for severe impacts from exploitation.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of libssh.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.24% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 15% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- high[NEW] [high] libssh: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-30
- lowCVE-2026-59849: A flaw was found in libssh. Logic errors in automatic certificate-based public key authenticat…nvd · 2026-07-21
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