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🛡️ CVE-2023-6918 — enterprise-linux

🟢 CVSS 3.7 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-252 NVD
3.7
CVSS Score
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Description

A flaw was found in the libssh implements abstract layer for message digest (MD) operations implemented by different supported crypto backends. The return values from these were not properly checked, which could cause low-memory situations failures, NULL dereferences, crashes, or usage of the uninitialized memory as an input for the KDF. In this case, non-matching keys will result in decryption/integrity failures, terminating the connection.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-6918 is classified as CWE-252: Unchecked Return Value. A return value signalling failure is ignored, and execution continues as though the operation had succeeded.

Affected software

CVE-2023-6918 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • enterprise-linux
  • fedora
  • libssh (from 0.10.0 up to 0.10.6)

Timeline and source

Published on 19 December 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
www.libssh.org
www.libssh.org
access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
security.netapp.com
www.libssh.org
www.libssh.org

Other advisories for this package

enterprise-linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-252: Unchecked Return Value) in other software:

CVE-2023-6918 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 3.7
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE CWE-252
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-12-19
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
enterprise-linux — —
fedora — —
libssh 0.10.0 0.10.6

References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254997
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254997

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