CVE-2026-66033

NameCVE-2026-66033
Descriptionlibssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit a2ed82d, contains a pre-authentication integer underflow vulnerability in the ssh2_cipher_crypt() function in src/openssl.c that allows a malicious SSH server to crash any connecting client by negotiating AES-GCM ciphers during handshake. Attackers can exploit the underflow in the expression computing blocksize minus aadlen minus authentication tag length to trigger an out-of-bounds read and a memcpy call with a near-SIZE_MAX length argument, causing immediate process crash before any authentication occurs.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libssh2 (PTS)bullseye1.9.0-2+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm1.10.0-3vulnerable
trixie (security), trixie1.11.1-1+deb13u1vulnerable
forky, sid1.11.1-4vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libssh2source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/2401
Fixed by: https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/a2ed82d40964bbc0d64cd717aa0a5a892117d2e6

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