ALPINE-CVE-2026-7598
A security vulnerability has been detected in libssh2 up to 1.11.1. The impacted element is the function userauth_password of the file src/userauth.c. Such manipulation of the argument username_len/password_len leads to integer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 256d04b60d80bf1190e96b0ad1e91b2174d744b1. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
ALPINE-CVE-2026-7598
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: osv:ALPINE-CVE-2026-7598
libssh2
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.11.0-r3
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
libssh2
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.11.1-r1
Source reference:
/affected/1/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
libssh2
Source reference: /affected/2/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.11.1-r1
Source reference:
/affected/2/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
libssh2
Source reference: /affected/3/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.11.1-r2
Source reference:
/affected/3/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
libssh2
Source reference: /affected/4/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.11.1-r2
Source reference:
/affected/4/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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]Publisher severity
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