CVE-2021-3634
A flaw has been found in libssh in versions prior to 0.9.6. The SSH protocol keeps track of two shared secrets during the lifetime of the session. One of them is called secret_hash and the other
02 Description
A flaw has been found in libssh in versions prior to 0.9.6. The SSH protocol keeps track of two shared secrets during the lifetime of the session. One of them is called secret_hash and the other
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-08-31 00:00Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 17:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-07-02
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f0efa60794df6652fb9be48f98e35ac58bd03d8213d35a69bbf170a0267f5c8d
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1978810
- www.debian.orgDSA-4965https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4965
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-ec797b6a96https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWAAB2XMKEUMPMDALINKAA4U2QM4LNG/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-288925ac19https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JKYD3ZRAMDAQX3ZW6THHUF3GXN7FF6B4/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-f2a020a065https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DRK67AJCWYYVAGF5SGAHNZXCX3PN3ZFP/
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0003/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202312-05https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-05
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- libssh Fixed in 0.9.6-3.el8
- libssh-config Fixed in 0.9.6-3.el8
- libssh-devel Fixed in 0.9.6-3.el8
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Arch Linux
- libssh Fixed in 0.9.6-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- libssh Fixed in 0.9.6-3.el8
- libssh-config Fixed in 0.9.6-3.el8
- libssh-devel Fixed in 0.9.6-3.el8
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- libssh Fixed in 0.9.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libssh Fixed in 0.9.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libssh Fixed in 0.9.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- libssh Fixed in 0.9.3-2ubuntu2.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- libssh Fixed in 0.9.6-1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.