Bug 2506853 (CVE-2026-66033) - CVE-2026-66033 libssh2: libssh2: Denial of Service via integer underflow in AES-GCM cipher negotiation
Summary: CVE-2026-66033 libssh2: libssh2: Denial of Service via integer underflow in A...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-66033
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2507356 2507357 2507358
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Reported: 2026-07-24 17:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-26 12:05 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-24 17:02:31 UTC
libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit a2ed82d, contains a pre-authentication integer underflow vulnerability in the ssh2_cipher_crypt() function in src/openssl.c that allows a malicious SSH server to crash any connecting client by negotiating AES-GCM ciphers during handshake. Attackers can exploit the underflow in the expression computing blocksize minus aadlen minus authentication tag length to trigger an out-of-bounds read and a memcpy call with a near-SIZE_MAX length argument, causing immediate process crash before any authentication occurs.


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