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Ubuntu Security NoticesUSN-8799-1

USN-8799-1: libssh2 vulnerabilities

Severity not listed 4 CVEs Published Sep 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM UTC

Summary

It was discovered that libssh2 incorrectly handled certain publickey subsystem attributes. A remote attacker controlling a malicious SSH server could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-58050)

It was discovered that libssh2 did not properly initialize publickey list entries before parsing. A remote attacker controlling a malicious SSH server could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-58051)

It was discovered that libssh2 incorrectly handled certain SFTP server responses. A remote attacker controlling an SSH server could use this issue to cause libssh2 to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-66032)

It was discovered that libssh2 did not properly check bounds in certain publickey subsystem responses. A remote attacker controlling a malicious SSH server could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.. (CVE-2026-66034)

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CVEs in this advisory 4

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