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Fix CVE(s): CVE-2025-15661, CVE-2026-7598

Type: advisorySources: OSV

* SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds heap read in SFTP symlink handling - debian/patches/CVE-2025-15661.patch: validate that the link length in a SSH_FXP_NAME response fits within the received packet before copying it in sftp_symlink() in src/sftp.c - CVE-2025-15661

Products
libssh2-1, libssh2-1-dev
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.8.0-2.1ubuntu0.1+tuxcare.els4
CVEs
CVE-2025-15661, CVE-2026-7598
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 11:44 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Fix CVE(s): CVE-2025-15661, CVE-2026-7598

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Oct 2026, 15:58 UTC

* SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds heap read in SFTP symlink handling - debian/patches/CVE-2025-15661.patch: validate that the link length in a SSH_FXP_NAME response fits within the received packet before copying it in sftp_symlink() in src/sftp.c - CVE-2025-15661

osv:CLSA-2026-1791823540

libssh2-1

Fixed versions: 1.8.0-2.1ubuntu0.1+tuxcare.els4

libssh2-1-dev

Fixed versions: 1.8.0-2.1ubuntu0.1+tuxcare.els4

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CLSA-2026-1791823540",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Fix CVE(s): CVE-2025-15661, CVE-2026-7598",
    "summary": "* SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds heap read in SFTP symlink handling - debian/patches/CVE-2025-15661.patch: validate that the link length in a SSH_FXP_NAME response fits within the received packet before copying it in sftp_symlink() in src/sftp.c - CVE-2025-15661",
    "evidence": "osv:CLSA-2026-1791823540",
    "products": [
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        "name": {
          "value": "libssh2-1",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.8.0-2.1ubuntu0.1+tuxcare.els4",
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      },
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    "severity": "unknown",
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/tuxcare/libssh2-1?distro=ubuntu-20.04",
            "ecosystem": "TuxCare:Ubuntu:20.04"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/cloudlinux/tuxcare-osv/tree/main/data/els_os/ubuntu20.04els/CLSA-2026-1791823540.json"
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        {
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          ],
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/tuxcare/libssh2-1-dev?distro=ubuntu-20.04",
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          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/cloudlinux/tuxcare-osv/tree/main/data/els_os/ubuntu20.04els/CLSA-2026-1791823540.json"
          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T09:32:05.636747957Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
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      "references": [
        "https://errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/ubuntu20.04els/CLSA-2026-1791823540.html",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15661",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7598"
      ]
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 449715,
  "published_at": "2026-10-19T15:58:53+00:00"
}