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Critical USN-3795-1 1 CVE

libssh vulnerability

Published Oct 17, 2018 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Peter Winter-Smith discovered that libssh incorrectly handled
authentication when being used as a server. A remote attacker could use
this issue to bypass authentication without any credentials.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libssh 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.4
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS libssh 0.6.3-4.3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS libssh 0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10933