A flaw was found in libssh. A remote attacker, by controlling client configuration files or known_hosts files, could craft specific hostnames that when processed by the match_pattern() function can lead to inefficient regular expression backtracking. This can cause timeouts and resource exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the client.
CVE-2026-0967
Score 2.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-03-26. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 3.3.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 2.2(medium)
- EPSS
- 12.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 26, 2026
Last Modified
May 19, 2026
References (5)
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18160
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18683
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0967
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2436981
- secalert@redhathttps://www.libssh.org/2026/02/10/libssh-0-12-0-and-0-11-4-security-releases/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-0967(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- CVE-2026-0967Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Low
Libssh: libssh: denial of service via inefficient regular expression processing
- RHSA-2026:18683Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libssh security update
- RHSA-2026:18160Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libssh security update
- GHSA-6jpg-fr24-wpvfGitHub Security AdvisoriesLow
A flaw was found in libssh. A remote attacker, by controlling client configuration files or...
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libssh-gcrypt-dev (0.6.3-4.3ubuntu0.6+esm4) @ xenial | 2026-06-10 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libssh-doc (0.11.2-1ubuntu0.2) @ questing | 2026-06-10 | ubuntu |
| redhat | libssh-0:0.12.0-2.el10 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | libssh-0:0.10.4-18.el9 | 2026-05-19 | 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.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
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Data Freshness Timeline
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