Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-0967
A flaw was found in libssh. A remote attacker, by controlling client configuration files or known_hosts files, could craft specific hostnames that when processed by the `match_pattern()` function can lead to inefficient regular expression backtracking. This can cause timeouts and resource exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the client.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 21.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 2.2
Products affected by CVE-2026-0967
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:-
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.10.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.10.4
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.10.5
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.10.6
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.11.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.7.4
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.7.5
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.7.6
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.7.7
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.8.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.8.4
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.8.5
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.8.6
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.8.7
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.8.8
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.8.9
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.9.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.9.4
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.9.5
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.9.6
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.9.7
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.9.8
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0