Bug 2498181 (CVE-2026-59848) - CVE-2026-59848 libssh: libssh: denial of service via SFTP responses with unknown request IDs
Summary: CVE-2026-59848 libssh: libssh: denial of service via SFTP responses with unkn...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-59848
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Depends On: 2503673
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Reported: 2026-07-08 18:22 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-21 15:13 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-08 18:22:48 UTC
A flaw was found in libssh client-side SFTP message handling. In sftp_get_message() in src/sftp_common.c, SFTP responses carrying unknown request IDs were accepted and kept queued instead of being rejected. A malicious SFTP server can repeatedly send responses for request IDs that were never issued by the client, causing unbounded growth of queued messages and leading to client-side memory exhaustion and denial of service.


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