CVE-2026-7598

libssh2 userauth.c userauth_password integer overflow

Assigner: VulDB
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 01.05.2026 Updated: 01.05.2026

A security vulnerability has been detected in libssh2 up to 1.11.1. The impacted element is the function userauth_password of the file src/userauth.c. Such manipulation of the argument username_len/password_len leads to integer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 256d04b60d80bf1190e96b0ad1e91b2174d744b1. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
CVSS Score: 6.9

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	Low	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	Low	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	Low	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score: 7.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score: 7.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.0

CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS Score: 7.5

Access Vector	Network	Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Access Complexity	Low	Integrity Impact	Partial
Authentication	None	Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS 2.0

Product Status

Vendor	n/a
Product	libssh2
Versions	Version 1.11.0 is affected Version 1.11.1 is affected

Vendor

n/a

Product

libssh2

Versions

Version 1.11.0 is affected
Version 1.11.1 is affected

Credits

dapickle (VulDB User) reporter

References

Problem Types