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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-1667

A NULL pointer dereference was found In libssh during re-keying with algorithm guessing. This issue may allow an authenticated client to cause a denial of service.

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2 Nov 2026, 23:07 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2023-1667

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 May 2023, 00:00 UTC

A NULL pointer dereference was found In libssh during re-keying with algorithm guessing. This issue may allow an authenticated client to cause a denial of service.

osv:CVE-2023-1667
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1667",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "A NULL pointer dereference was found In libssh during re-keying with algorithm guessing. This issue may allow an authenticated client to cause a denial of service.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-1667",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:24.187867747Z",
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/1xxx/CVE-2023-1667.json",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27PD44ALQTZXX7K6JAM3BXBUHYA6DFFN/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1667",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-05",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2182199",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00029.html"
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      }
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        "value": "CVE-2023-1667",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 490750,
  "published_at": "2023-05-26T00:00:00+00:00"
}