CVE-2026-66032 — libssh2 Double-Free Heap Corruption via sftp_open()

Affected: libssh2

libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit 5e47761, contains a double-free vulnerability in the sftp_open() function in src/sftp.c that allows a malicious SSH server to corrupt the heap of any authenticated client opening an SFTP session. When a server responds to SSH_FXP_OPEN with SSH_FXP_STATUS containing FX_OK, the response data buffer is freed, and if a subsequent sftp_packet_require() call returns a specific error such as LIBSSH2_ERROR_CHANNEL_PACKET_EXCEEDED, the same pointer is freed a second time, enabling tcache dup conditions on glibc systems that allow overlapping allocations and function pointer overwrites.

USN-8722-1 — libssh2 vulnerabilities

Affected: Ubuntu:24.04:LTS: libssh2, Ubuntu:26.04:LTS: libssh2

It was discovered that libssh2 incorrectly handled certain SFTP server responses. A remote attacker controlling an SSH server could use this issue to cause libssh2 to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-66032)

It was discovered that libssh2 incorrectly handled AES-GCM cipher negotiation. A remote attacker controlling an SSH server could possibly use this issue to cause libssh2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-66033)

It was discovered that libssh2 incorrectly handled Encrypt-then-MAC cipher negotiation. A remote attacker controlling an SSH server could use this issue to cause libssh2 to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-66035)

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CVE-2026-66032 — libssh2 Double-Free Heap Corruption via sftp_open()

USN-8722-1 — libssh2 vulnerabilities