What is GHSA-jp6g-7mqj-wj53?

GHSA-jp6g-7mqj-wj53 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Low severity. A flaw was found in libssh. Logic errors in automatic certificate-based public key authentication...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-jp6g-7mqj-wj53 cover?

GHSA-jp6g-7mqj-wj53 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-59849. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-jp6g-7mqj-wj53?

GHSA-jp6g-7mqj-wj53 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-jp6g-7mqj-wj53LowCVSS 3.1

A flaw was found in libssh. Logic errors in automatic certificate-based public key authentication...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 21, 2026

Last Modified

July 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-59849 →

📋 Description

A flaw was found in libssh. Logic errors in automatic certificate-based public key authentication can cause libssh clients to loop indefinitely when configured certificates are missing or repeatedly rejected by a server, leading to denial of service.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59849
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59849
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498182
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jp6g-7mqj-wj53