Vulnerability Details CVE-2025-15661
libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit 2dae302, contains an out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in the sftp_symlink() function in src/sftp.c that allows a malicious SSH server or man-in-the-middle attacker to disclose heap memory contents or cause a crash by sending a crafted SSH_FXP_NAME response. Attackers can supply a link_len value larger than the actual packet data in SSH_FXP_NAME responses for SFTP READLINK and REALPATH operations, triggering a heap buffer over-read of up to target_len minus one bytes due to the missing validation of available packet buffer size before the memcpy operation.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 18.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
Products affected by CVE-2025-15661
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:-
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.10
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.12
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.13
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.14
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.15
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.16
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.17
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.18
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:1.9.0