vulnerability

Rocky Linux: CVE-2025-5372: libssh (RLSA-2025-21977)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 25, 2025
Added
Feb 5, 2026
Modified
Feb 5, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in libssh versions built with OpenSSL versions older than 3.0, specifically in the ssh_kdf() function responsible for key derivation. Due to inconsistent interpretation of return values where OpenSSL uses 0 to indicate failure and libssh uses 0 for success—the function may mistakenly return a success status even when key derivation fails. This results in uninitialized cryptographic key buffers being used in subsequent communication, potentially compromising SSH sessions' confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Solutions

rocky-upgrade-libsshrocky-upgrade-libssh-debuginforocky-upgrade-libssh-debugsourcerocky-upgrade-libssh-devel
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