High

libssh2 - Free of Uninitialized Pointer in publickey List Cleanup

Type: advisorySources: OSV

libssh2 through 1.11.1 grows its publickey list with SSH2_REALLOC but does not zero-initialize new entries before parsing populates them, so a parse failure reaching the cleanup path leaves libssh2_publickey_list_free operating on an uninitialized entry. A malicious SSH server offering the publickey subsystem can use a malformed response to make cleanup free an uninitialized, attacker-influenceable attrs pointer in a connecting libssh2 client.

Products: Not specified
Affected versions: Not specified
Fixed versions: Not specified
CVEs: CVE-2026-58051
Confirmed fixed CVEs: Not specified
Updated in this feed: 3 Nov 2026, 17:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

libssh2 - Free of Uninitialized Pointer in publickey List Cleanup

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Jun 2026, 01:32 UTC

osv:CVE-2026-58051

Complete source record

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58051",
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    "summary": "libssh2 through 1.11.1 grows its publickey list with SSH2_REALLOC but does not zero-initialize new entries before parsing populates them, so a parse failure reaching the cleanup path leaves libssh2_publickey_list_free operating on an uninitialized entry. A malicious SSH server offering the publickey subsystem can use a malformed response to make cleanup free an uninitialized, attacker-influenceable attrs pointer in a connecting libssh2 client.",
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