Bug 2498177 (CVE-2026-59844) - CVE-2026-59844 libssh: libssh: denial of service via oversized SFTP read length
Summary: CVE-2026-59844 libssh: libssh: denial of service via oversized SFTP read length
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-59844
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2503658
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Reported: 2026-07-08 18:22 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-21 16:05 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-08 18:22:42 UTC
A flaw was found in libssh server-side SFTP request handling. In sftp_make_client_message() and the downstream process_read() path in src/sftpserver.c, the implementation accepts a client-controlled SSH_FXP_READ length without enforcing a reasonable upper bound. The parsed len field later drives memory allocation in the SFTP server read path, so a remote authenticated client can request an excessively large read length and force the server to allocate excessive memory. Repeated requests can exhaust available memory and lead to denial of service.


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