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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59845

A flaw was found in libssh. When ProxyCommand is used, an unchecked fork() failure can be stored as process ID -1; during cleanup, signals may then be...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A flaw was found in libssh. When ProxyCommand is used, an unchecked fork() failure can be stored as process ID -1; during cleanup, signals may then be sent across the caller's accessible process tree, leading to local denial of service.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libssh

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 libssh

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.11.5-0+deb13u1"}]}]

Debian:14 libssh

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.12.1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org