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openSUSE Leap 15.6 libssh Moderate Denial of Service Vuln SUSE-2026-0779-1

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This update for openSUSE libssh addresses five issues, ensuring system security and stability against potential attacks.
An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for libssh fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2026-0964: improper sanitation of paths received from SCP servers can

cause path traversal (bsc#1258049).

* CVE-2026-0965: possible denial of service when parsing unexpected

configuration files (bsc#1258045).

* CVE-2026-0966: buffer underflow in ssh_get_hexa() on invalid input

(bsc#1258054).

* CVE-2026-0967: specially crafted patterns could cause denial of service

(bsc#1258081).

* CVE-2026-0968: malformed SFTP message can lead to out of bound read

(bsc#1258080).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service SuSE patch libssh

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-779=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-779=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-779=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libssh4-debuginfo-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* libssh-debugsource-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* libssh-config-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* libssh4-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* libssh-devel-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* libssh4-32bit-debuginfo-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* libssh4-32bit-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libssh4-64bit-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* libssh4-64bit-debuginfo-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libssh4-debuginfo-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* libssh-debugsource-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* libssh-config-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* libssh4-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* libssh-devel-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (x86_64)

* libssh4-32bit-debuginfo-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

* libssh4-32bit-0.9.8-150600.11.9.1

References

* bsc#1258045

* bsc#1258049

* bsc#1258054

* bsc#1258080

* bsc#1258081

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0964.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0965.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0966.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0967.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0968.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258045

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258049

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258054

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258080

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258081

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0779-1
Release Date: 2026-03-03T13:25:13Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

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