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Permalink CVE-2026-59846
3.9 LOW
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
  • Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
  • Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
  • User Interaction (UI): Required (R)
  • Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
  • Confidentiality (C): Low (L)
  • Integrity (I): Low (L)
  • Availability (A): None (N)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): Required (R)
  • Modified Confidentiality (MC): Low (L)
  • Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
  • Modified Integrity (MI): Low (L)
  • Modified Availability (MA): None (N)
created 1 month, 1 week ago Activity log
  • Created suggestion 1 month, 1 week ago
Libssh: libssh: information disclosure via proxycommand %r username expansion

A flaw was found in libssh. A malicious username expanded through %r in ProxyCommand handling can inject shell metacharacters, exposing environment variables and causing unintended shell behavior.

References

Affected products

libssh

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.libssh

SSH client library

  • nixos-unstable -
  • nixos-26.05 -

pkgs.libssh2

Client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol

  • nixos-unstable -
  • nixos-26.05 -

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