CVE-2025-15661 PUBLISHED

libssh2 - Heap Buffer Over-read via sftp_symlink() in sftp.c

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 18.06.2026 Published: 18.06.2026 Updated: 18.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.3

Product Status

Vendor libssh2
Product libssh2
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 1.11.1 (incl.)
  • Version 2dae3024897e1898d389835151f4e9606227721d is unaffected

Credits

  • Joshua Rogers finder
  • Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Out-of-bounds Read CWE