A flaw was found in libssh2 before 1.8.1 creating a vulnerability on the SSH client side. A server could send a multiple keyboard interactive response messages whose total length are greater than unsigned char max characters. This value is used by the SSH client as an index to copy memory causing in an out of bounds memory write error.
CVE-2019-3863
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 41EG Risk 41/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity88% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation3.4% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 3.4%
- EPSS %ILE
- 88th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (8.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 3.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-21). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
March 25, 2019
Last Modified
October 14, 2026
Advisory Details (8)
Auto-updated Oct 14, 2026Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4431-1] libssh2 security update
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/25[SECURITY] [DSA 4431-1] libssh2 security update
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4431[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: libssh2-1.8.1-1.fc28 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5DK6VO2CEUTAJFYIKWNZKEKYMYR3NO2O/Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0679[SECURITY] [DLA 1730-1] libssh2 security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00032.html1687313 – (CVE-2019-3863) CVE-2019-3863 libssh2: Integer overflow in user authenticate keyboard interactive allows out-of-bounds writes
Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3863Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-3863(7)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- GHSA-h63q-2463-x5hqGitHub Security AdvisoriesHigh
A flaw was found in libssh2 before 1.8.1. A server could send a multiple keyboard interactive...
- RHSA-2019:2399Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: libssh2 security update
- RHSA-2019:1943Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: libssh2 security update
- RHSA-2019:1791Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: libssh2 security update
- RHSA-2019:1652Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: libssh2 security update
- RHSA-2019:1175Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: virt:rhel security update
- RHSA-2019:0679Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: libssh2 security update
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libssh2-1 (1.5.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm1) @ xenial | 2026-10-21 | ubuntu |
| redhat | libssh2-0:1.4.3-11.el7_3.1 | 2019-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | libssh2-0:1.4.3-11.el7_4.1 | 2019-07-30 | redhat |
| redhat | libssh2-0:1.4.3-11.el7_5.1 | 2019-07-16 | redhat |
| redhat | libssh2-0:1.4.2-3.el6_10.1 | 2019-07-02 | redhat |
| redhat | virt:rhel-8000020190510171727.55190bc5 | 2019-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | libssh2-0:1.4.3-12.el7_6.2 | 2019-03-28 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(22 across 22 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.11(1)
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| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.12(1)
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| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.13(1)
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| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.14(1)
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| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.15(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.16(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.17(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.18(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.19(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.20(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.21(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.22(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.23(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.24(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | — |
| — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | 1.4.3-4.1, 1.4.3-4.1+deb8u1 |
| — |
Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh2 | 1.7.0-1 |
| — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 40× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 96 of 183 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 4 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 87 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
- 2026-10-23 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.4% · 88th percentile
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- 2026-10-21 17:40 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-21 17:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h63q-2463-x5hq · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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- 2026-10-14 07:26 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-14 07:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h63q-2463-x5hq · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
- 2026-10-14 07:25 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.8
- 2026-10-14 07:02 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-14 07:02 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-14 07:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h63q-2463-x5hq · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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