🛡️ CVE-2026-59850 — enterprise-linux

🟡 CVSS 4.3 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-416 NVD
4.3
CVSS Score
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Description

A flaw was found in libssh. If data packets are processed after a channel is closed, channel data callbacks can be invoked after the associated data has already been freed, leading to crashes or possible use-after-free conditions.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level 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.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-59850 is classified as CWE-416: Use After Free. Memory is used after being released, so its contents may already belong to something else.

Affected software

CVE-2026-59850 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • enterprise-linux
  • hardened-images
  • libssh

Timeline and source

Published on 21 July 2026 and last revised on 30 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE CWE-416
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-21
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-30
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
enterprise-linux
hardened-images
libssh

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