ghsa-q2fw-m52x-w593
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-07-22 15:32
Modified
2025-07-29 21:30
Severity ?
3.6 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-4878"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-22T15:15:36Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-q2fw-m52x-w593",
  "modified": "2025-07-29T21:30:40Z",
  "published": "2025-07-22T15:32:52Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4878"
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376184"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?id=697650caa97eaf7623924c75f9fcfec6dd423cd1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?id=b35ee876adc92a208d47194772e99f9c71e0bedb"
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}


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