Vuln Signal Radar
public-safe defensive signal
HIGHpublic-safe

CVE-2026-66032

NVD: libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit 5e47761, contains a double-free vulnerability in the sftp_open() function in src/sftp.c that allows a malicious SSH server to corrupt the heap of any authenticated client opening an SFTP session. NVD: When a server responds to SSH_FXP_OPEN with SSH_FXP_STATUS containing FX_OK, the response data buffer is freed, and if a subsequent sftp_packet_require() call returns a specific error such as LIBSSH2_ERROR_CHANNEL_PACKET_EXCEEDED, the same pointer is freed a... OSV: libssh2 Double-Free Heap Corruption via sftp_open()

CVSS
8.7
Severity
HIGH
EPSS
0.0029 (21)
KEV
-

Source-published summary

NVD: libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit 5e47761, contains a double-free vulnerability in the sftp_open() function in src/sftp.c that allows a malicious SSH server to corrupt the heap of any authenticated client opening an SFTP session. NVD: When a server responds to SSH_FXP_OPEN with SSH_FXP_STATUS containing FX_OK, the response data buffer is freed, and if a subsequent sftp_packet_require() call returns a specific error such as LIBSSH2_ERROR_CHANNEL_PACKET_EXCEEDED, the same pointer is freed a... OSV: libssh2 Double-Free Heap Corruption via sftp_open()

Possible impact

This high severity issue needs human triage to confirm exposure, affected versions, and vendor guidance for high severity review.

Affected context

Affected product or version requires source confirmation.

Remediation / advisory

Patch confirmed by source text; fixed version context: commit.

Why it matters

This high severity issue needs human triage to confirm exposure, affected versions, and vendor guidance for high severity review.; CVSS 8.7 (HIGH); EPSS percentile 21; not listed in KEV; Patch confirmed by source text; fixed version context: commit; sources: NVD, OSV.

What to verify

Confirm affected product/version, vendor advisory, patch or mitigation, and exposure.

Exposure hint

exposure unknown

Impact tags

明示タグなし

Urgency reasons

CVSS HIGHvendor advisory presentrecent update

Source-derived note

Summary derived from NVD / OSV description; unsafe procedural detail is not shown.

Redaction metadata

source summary used
True
fallback summary used
False
unsafe procedural detail present
false
raw source displayed
false
public summary redacted
true

Remediation handoff

Public-safe static handoff for human/Codex remediation planning. Scan, patch, external execution, and auto remediation are disabled.

Safety note

This radar shows source-published defensive context only. Exploit procedures, exploit strings, scanner commands, and auto-remediation are not provided.

Official references