CVE-2026-0965: Libssh

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in libssh where it can attempt to open arbitrary files during configuration parsing. A local attacker can exploit this by providing a malicious configuration file or when the system is misconfigured. This vulnerability could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing the system to try and access dangerous files, such as block devices or large system files, which can disrupt normal operations.

Affected products

• Libssh Libssh: up to and including 0.11.3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only

Published 2026-03-26. Last modified 2026-09-01.