THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-0966 (HIGH 8.2) — A flaw was found in libssh. The API function `ssh_get_hexa()` is vulnerable to a denial of service when processing zero-length input. This can be exploited remotely by an attacker during GSSAPI (Generic Security Service Application Program Interface) authentication if the server'
[NVD] CVE-2026-0966 (HIGH 8.2) — A flaw was found in libssh. The API function `ssh_get_hexa()` is vulnerable to a denial of service when processing zero-length input. This can be exploited remotely by an attacker during GSSAPI (Generic Security Service Application Program Interface) authentication if the server'
CVE-2026-0966 CVSS: 8.2 HIGH Published: 2026-03-26T21:17:00.783
A flaw was found in libssh. The API function `ssh_get_hexa()` is vulnerable to a denial of service when processing zero-length input. This can be exploited remotely by an attacker during GSSAPI (Generic Security Service Application Program Interface) authentication if the server's logging verbosity is set to `SSH_LOG_PACKET (3)` or h
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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0966