DEBIAN-CVE-2026-0967

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-0967
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-0967.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-0967
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-0967
Published
2026-03-26T21:17:00.970Z
Modified
2026-04-03T10:00:53.360163Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libssh

Package

Name
libssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.9.5-1
0.9.5-1+deb11u1
0.9.6-1
0.9.6-2
0.9.7-0+deb11u1
0.9.8-0+deb11u1
0.9.8-0+deb11u2
0.10.4-1
0.10.4-2
0.10.5-1
0.10.5-2
0.10.5-3
0.10.5-3+hurd.1
0.10.6-1
0.10.6-2
0.10.6-3
0.11.1-1
0.11.1-2
0.11.2-1
0.11.3-1
0.12.0-1
0.12.0-2
0.12.0-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-0967.json"

Debian:12 / libssh

Package

Name
libssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.10.5-2
0.10.5-3
0.10.5-3+hurd.1
0.10.6-0+deb12u1
0.10.6-0+deb12u2
0.10.6-1
0.10.6-2
0.10.6-3
0.11.1-1
0.11.1-2
0.11.2-1
0.11.3-1
0.12.0-1
0.12.0-2
0.12.0-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-0967.json"

Debian:13 / libssh

Package

Name
libssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.11.2-1
0.11.2-1+deb13u1
0.11.3-1
0.12.0-1
0.12.0-2
0.12.0-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-0967.json"

Debian:14 / libssh

Package

Name
libssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-1

Affected versions

0.*
0.11.2-1
0.11.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-0967.json"