CVE-2025-4878

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.

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Severity
LOW
CVSS base score
3.6
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS probability
0.19%
CWE
CWE-416
Published
2025-07-22
Last modified
2026-09-01

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