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CVE-2025-5351

Libssh: double free vulnerability in libssh key export functions

Published: 7/4/2025 Last updated: 6/30/2026 Reserved: 5/30/2025

A flaw was found in the key export functionality of libssh. The issue occurs in the internal function responsible for converting cryptographic keys into serialized formats. During error handling, a memory structure is freed but not cleared, leading to a potential double free issue if an additional failure occurs later in the function. This condition may result in heap corruption or application instability in low-memory scenarios, posing a risk to system reliability where key export operations are performed.

CNA assigner: redhat (53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 6.5 Medium CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Opam packages affected (1)

libssh

Products affected (16)

Product Vendor Version
libssh libssh < 2021
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat Android-7.0 Android-7.1.1 Android-7.1.2 Android-8.0 Android-8.1 Android-9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Red Hat All versions prior to SE 9.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat 8.5.5
libssh libssh < 14.5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat <= FW03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat <= FW03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Red Hat <= FW03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat <= FW03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat EMUI 11.0.0,EMUI 10.1.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat Magic UI 4.0.0,Magic UI 3.1.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat <= FW03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat <= FW03
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Red Hat n/a
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Red Hat <= FW03

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