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CVE-2023-2283
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2023-05-26T18:15:13.770 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:52:11.247

Summary

A vulnerability was found in libssh, where the authentication check of the connecting client can be bypassed in the`pki_verify_data_signature` function in memory allocation problems. This issue may happen if there is insufficient memory or the memory usage is limited. The problem is caused by the return value `rc,` which is initialized to SSH_ERROR and later rewritten to save the return value of the function call `pki_key_check_hash_compatible.` The value of the variable is not changed between this point and the cryptographic verification. Therefore any error between them calls `goto error` returning SSH_OK.

Affected products

libssh — libssh

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References

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