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CVE-2025-4878

LOW

3.6

Description

A vulnerability was found in libssh, where an uninitialized variable exists under certain conditions in the privatekey_from_file() function. This flaw can be triggered if the file specified by the filename doesn't exist and may lead to possible signing failures or heap corruption.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score3.6

SeverityLOW

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published7/22/2025

Last Modified7/29/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4878(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376184(secalert@redhat.com)

https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?id=697650caa97eaf7623924c75f9fcfec6dd423cd1(secalert@redhat.com)

https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?id=b35ee876adc92a208d47194772e99f9c71e0bedb(secalert@redhat.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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