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Low 2.2Published Mar 26, 2026

CVE-2026-0967Libssh: libssh: denial of service via inefficient regular expression processing

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and 3 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A flaw was found in libssh. A remote attacker, by controlling client configuration files or known_hosts files, could craft specific hostnames that when processed by the `match_pattern()` function can lead to inefficient regular expression backtracking. This can cause timeouts and resource exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the client.

CVSS
2.2 LOW (v3.0, CNA)CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1333
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
redhat
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Sep 1, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
from 0:0.12.0-2.el10 not affected
CNA record
1
CNA record
4
CNA record
libssh libssh
libssh:libssh
through 0.11.3
NVD
redhat enterprise_linux
redhat:enterprise_linux
9.0; 10.0
NVD

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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