CVE-2025-4878
Libssh: use of uninitialized variable in privatekey_from_file()
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Libssh: use of uninitialized variable in privatekey_from_file()
A vulnerability was found in libssh, where an uninitialized variable exists under certain conditions in the privatekey_from_file() function. This flaw can be triggered if the file specified by the filename doesn't exist and may lead to possible signing failures or heap corruption.
Reserved 2025-05-16 | Published 2025-07-22 | Updated 2025-07-22 | Assigner redhat| 2025-07-03: | Reported to Red Hat. |
| 2025-06-24: | Made public. |
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4878
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376184 (RHBZ#2376184)
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