Description

A flaw was found in libssh where it can attempt to open arbitrary files during configuration parsing. A local attacker can exploit this by providing a malicious configuration file or when the system is misconfigured. This vulnerability could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing the system to try and access dangerous files, such as block devices or large system files, which can disrupt normal operations.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-03-26T20:06:33.336Z

Last Modified :

2026-05-01T16:05:33.809Z

Source :

redhat
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-0965 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Libssh
  • Libssh
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
  • Hummingbird
  • Openshift
REFERENCES

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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0965 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2436980 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0965 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0965 cve-icon
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