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TI-2025-13523 Aliases CVE-2025-14821GHSA-5jf9-8f86-jhvw

Libssh: libssh: insecure default configuration leads to local man-in-the-middle attacks on windows

Priority LOW 35CWE-427Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-427.

Summary

A flaw was found in libssh. This vulnerability allows local man-in-the-middle attacks, security downgrades of SSH (Secure Shell) connections, and manipulation of trusted host information, posing a significant risk to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of SSH communications via an insecure default configuration on Windows systems where the library automatically loads configuration files from the C:\etc directory, which can be created and modified by unprivileged local users.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00135 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatRed Hat Hardened Images—0.12.0-1.1.hum1Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4——Not affectedCNA
  • Red Hat Hardened Images VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 0.12.0-1.1.hum1 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.12.0Vulnerablelibssh
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.12.0 Vulnerable ·libssh
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2026:7067 Released 2026-04-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images libssh-0.12.0-1.1.hum1@aarch64, libssh-0.12.0-1.1.hum1@src, libssh-0.12.0-1.1.hum1@x86_64 +4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Hardened ImagesFixed RHSA-2026:7067
Not affected: 6 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14821
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5jf9-8f86-jhvw

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2026-03321 Gnutls: gnutls: policy bypass due to case-sensitive nameconstraints comparison CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2026-28834 jq: Out-of-Bounds Read in jv_parse_sized() Error Formatting for Non-NUL-Terminated Counted Buffers CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-08044 Libsolv: heap buffer overflow in libsolv repo_add_solv via negative maxsize from crafted .solv file CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-08132 NGINX ngx_http_rewrite_module vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2026-30432 NGINX ngx_http_proxy_v2_module and ngx_http_grpc_module vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2026-04471 Libarchive: libarchive: arbitrary code execution via integer overflow in iso9660 image processing CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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