Description
A vulnerability was found in libssh, where the authentication check of the connecting client can be bypassed in the`pki_verify_data_signature` function in memory allocation problems. This issue may happen if there is insufficient memory or the memory usage is limited. The problem is caused by the return value `rc,` which is initialized to SSH_ERROR and later rewritten to save the return value of the function call `pki_key_check_hash_compatible.` The value of the variable is not changed between this point and the cryptographic verification. Therefore any error between them calls `goto error` returning SSH_OK.
Published: 2023-05-26
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5409-1 libssh security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6138-1 libssh vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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Fedoraproject Fedora
Libssh Libssh
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:35:18.528Z

Reserved: 2023-04-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-2283

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Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-26T18:15:13.770

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:15:57.297

Link: CVE-2023-2283

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-05-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-2283 - Bugzilla

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