RHSA-2025:18286 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: libssh security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 20, 2025
Updated · September 8, 2026
Topic
An update for libssh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
libssh is a library which implements the SSH protocol. It can be used to implement client and server applications.
Security Fix(es):
- libssh: out-of-bounds read in sftp_handle() (CVE-2025-5318)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.