CVE-2018-10933
libssh: Authentication Bypass due to improper message callbacks implementation
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · October 16, 2018
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
A vulnerability was found in libssh's server-side state machine. A malicious client could create channels without first performing authentication, resulting in unauthorized access.
Statement
This vulnerability affects libssh shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras. No libssh packages are included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and earlier. This issue does not affect libssh2 or openssh.
This issue can only be affect applications that use libssh to implement an SSH server; SSH client functionality is not affected. No packages in Red Hat products use libssh to implement an SSH server. Therefore, no package from Red Hat that uses the libssh library is affected by this flaw.
The libssh library is available for customer or third party code to use. Such code that is linked against libssh and uses the ssh_bind* functions may be affected by this flaw.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication