libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit 42e33d8, contains a pre-authentication heap buffer overflow vulnerability that allows a malicious SSH server to corrupt heap metadata in any connecting client by sending a packet with a packet_length smaller than the cipher's block size during Encrypt-then-MAC cipher negotiation. In the fullpacket() function in src/transport.c, the ETM path allocates a buffer of packet_length bytes but copies blocksize minus one bytes via memcpy, causing an overflow that on 32-bit glibc writes attacker-controlled bytes into an adjacent chunk's SIZE field, enabling tcache bin confusion, overlapping live objects, and function pointer overwrite during the session handshake before authentication.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade cargo-cUpgrade cargo-c-debuginfoUpgrade rust-cargo-c-debugsource | Aug 18, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libssh2 | Sep 21, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 29, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libssh2-1t64 | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 2, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 |
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