Medium severity · published Jul 4, 2025
CVE-2025-5351
A flaw was found in the key export functionality of libssh
6.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the key export functionality of libssh. The issue occurs in the internal function responsible for converting cryptographic keys into serialized formats. During error handling, a memory structure is freed but not cleared, leading to a potential double free issue if an additional failure occurs later in the function. This condition may result in heap corruption or application instability in low-memory scenarios, posing a risk to system reliability where key export operations are performed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0; 7.0; 8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libssh · Libssh
0.10.0 before 0.11.2 · source: NVD
OC
Openshift Container Platform · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5351
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5351
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18683
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5351
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2369367
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