CVE-2026-66032
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. 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 second time, enabling tcache dup conditions on glibc systems that allow overlapping allocations and function pointer overwrites.
Published:Jul 24, 2026
Last Modified:Jul 28, 2026
EPS:Jul 24, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00288
CVSS Score:8.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Libssh2
Product
Libssh2
Libssh2
Libssh2
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Hummingbird
Redhat
Hummingbird
Exploits
No exploit reference
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Attack Vector
Network
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Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Integrity
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Availability
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