What is GHSA-mq2j-7vq4-77m8?

GHSA-mq2j-7vq4-77m8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. A flaw was found in libssh. Incorrect AES-GCM finalization checks in builds using the OpenSSL...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-mq2j-7vq4-77m8 cover?

GHSA-mq2j-7vq4-77m8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-59847. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-mq2j-7vq4-77m8?

GHSA-mq2j-7vq4-77m8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-mq2j-7vq4-77m8MediumCVSS 5.9

A flaw was found in libssh. Incorrect AES-GCM finalization checks in builds using the OpenSSL...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 21, 2026

Last Modified

July 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-59847 →

📋 Description

A flaw was found in libssh. Incorrect AES-GCM finalization checks in builds using the OpenSSL backend can effectively remove integrity protection, allowing an in-path attacker to modify plaintext on the wire without detection.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59847
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59847
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498180
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq2j-7vq4-77m8