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CVE-2026-55199

is CVE-2026-55199real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.

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5.9 Medium
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Exploitation prob.
0.4%
FIRST EPSS
Weakness
CWE-835
CWE

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Affected:Libssh2

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit 1762685, contains a pre-authentication denial of service vulnerability in the SSH_MSG_EXT_INFO handler in src/packet.c that allows a malicious SSH server to cause a client CPU exhaustion loop by sending a crafted extension count value. A malicious server can set nr_extensions to 0xFFFFFFFF during key exchange, causing the client to spin in a tight CPU loop for over 60 seconds because return values from _libssh2_get_string() are unchecked and the session timeout does not apply to CPU-bound loops.

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    Same weakness: CWE-835.