High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 24, 2026· Updated Jul 30, 2026
CVE-2026-66033
CVE-2026-66033
Description
libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit a2ed82d, contains a pre-authentication integer underflow vulnerability in the ssh2_cipher_crypt() function in src/openssl.c that allows a malicious SSH server to crash any connecting client by negotiating AES-GCM ciphers during handshake. Attackers can exploit the underflow in the expression computing blocksize minus aadlen minus authentication tag length to trigger an out-of-bounds read and a memcpy call with a near-SIZE_MAX length argument, causing immediate process crash before any authentication occurs.
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Affected products
4- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libssh2_org&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/libssh2_org&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.11.1-160000.5.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.1-160000.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.1-4.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/a2ed82d40964bbc0d64cd717aa0a5a892117d2e6nvdPatch
- github.com/libssh2/libssh2/pull/2401nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libssh2-integer-underflow-dos-via-aes-gcm-cipher-negotiationnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
News mentions
3- ⚡ Weekly Recap: Rogue AI Models, $88M Bitcoin Theft, Water-System Attacks and Dangling DNS HijacksThe Hacker News · Aug 3, 2026
- libssh2 Vulnerabilities Allow a Malicious SSH Server to Corrupt Client MemoryCyber Security News · Jul 28, 2026
- Libssh2: Three Vulnerabilities Disclosed Together Affecting SFTP and Cipher NegotiationVypr Intelligence · Jul 25, 2026