CVE-2026-58051 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-58051: libssh2 - Free of Uninitialized Pointer in publickey List Cleanup

Vendor Libssh2
Product libssh2
Weakness CWE-908
Published June 28, 2026
Last update June 29, 2026

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

libssh2 through 1.11.1 grows its publickey list with SSH2_REALLOC but does not zero-initialize new entries before parsing populates them, so a parse failure reaching the cleanup path leaves libssh2_publickey_list_free operating on an uninitialized entry. A malicious SSH server offering the publickey subsystem can use a malformed response to make cleanup free an uninitialized, attacker-influenceable attrs pointer in a connecting libssh2 client.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 28, 2026 CVE published
June 29, 2026 Record updated