A weakness has been identified in libssh up to 0.11.3. The impacted element is the function sftp_extensions_get_name/sftp_extensions_get_data of the file src/sftp.c of the component SFTP Extension Name Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument idx can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack may be performed from remote. Upgrading to version 0.11.4 and 0.12.0 is sufficient to resolve this issue. This patch is called 855a0853ad3abd4a6cd85ce06fce6d8d4c7a0b60. You should upgrade the affected component.
CVE-2026-3731
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-03-08. the CNA's CVSS baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 5.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 39(Track)EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity53% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 47%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 8, 2026
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (6)
- cna@vuldbhttps://gitlab.com/libssh/libssh-mirror/-/commit/855a0853ad3abd4a6cd85ce06fce6d8d4c7a0b60
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.349709
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?id.349709
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?submit.767120
- cna@vuldbhttps://www.libssh.org/files/0.12/libssh-0.12.0.tar.xz
- cna@vuldbhttps://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/libssh-2026-sftp-extensions.txt
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-3731(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libssh-gcrypt-dev (0.9.3-2ubuntu2.5+esm4) @ focal | 2026-07-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | libssh-main-0.12.0-1.1.hum1 | 2026-04-08 | 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(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 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. 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. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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