CVE-2019-17498

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

In libssh2 v1.9.0 and earlier versions, the SSH_MSG_DISCONNECT logic in packet.c has an integer overflow in a bounds check, enabling an attacker to specify an arbitrary (out-of-bounds) offset for a subsequent memory read. A crafted SSH server may be able to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service condition on the client system when a user connects to the server.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17498

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17498.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.9.0-3
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.9.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.9.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.9.0-1
debian debiansidfixed1.9.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.9.0-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.