What is GHSA-qp28-hpg5-j7xc?

GHSA-qp28-hpg5-j7xc is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. A flaw was found in libssh. A remote authenticated client can issue SSH_FXP_READ requests with an...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-qp28-hpg5-j7xc cover?

GHSA-qp28-hpg5-j7xc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-59844. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-qp28-hpg5-j7xc?

GHSA-qp28-hpg5-j7xc has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-qp28-hpg5-j7xcMediumCVSS 6.5

A flaw was found in libssh. A remote authenticated client can issue SSH_FXP_READ requests with an...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 21, 2026

Last Modified

July 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-59844 →

📋 Description

A flaw was found in libssh. A remote authenticated client can issue SSH_FXP_READ requests with an arbitrarily large length, causing a libssh SFTP server to allocate excessive memory and potentially exhaust it through repeated requests.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59844
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59844
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498177
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qp28-hpg5-j7xc