Red HatCVE-2026-59847
A flaw was found in libssh
Medium5.9CVE-2026-59847 · Published Jul 21, 2026 · updated Sep 4, 2026
A flaw was found in libssh. Incorrect AES-GCM finalization checks in builds using the OpenSSL backend can effectively remove integrity protection, allowing an in-path attacker to modify plaintext on the wire without detection.
Affected versions
The source does not list versions here. See the source advisory for affected products and fixes.
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-253, CWE-1310
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59847
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59847
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42922
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55855
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62217
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62218
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59847
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498180
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