CVE-2023-2283
A vulnerability was found in libssh, where the authentication check of the connecting client can be bypassed in the`pki_verify_data_signature` function in memory allocation problems.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.06%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A vulnerability was found in libssh, where the authentication check of the connecting client can be bypassed in the`pki_verify_data_signature` function in memory allocation problems. This issue may happen if there is insufficient memory or the memory usage is limited. The problem is caused by the return value `rc,` which is initialized to SSH_ERROR and later rewritten to save the return value of the function call `pki_key_check_hash_compatible.` The value of the variable is not changed between this point and the cryptographic verification. Therefore any error between them calls `goto error` returning SSH_OK.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.06% probability · 64th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- libssh/libssh · fedoraproject/fedora · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172861/libssh-0.9.6-0.10.4-pki_verify_data_signature-Authorization-Bypass.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2283Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2189736Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27PD44ALQTZXX7K6JAM3BXBUHYA6DFFN/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-05
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240201-0005/
- https://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2023-2283.txtVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172861/libssh-0.9.6-0.10.4-pki_verify_data_signature-Authorization-Bypass.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/18
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2283Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2189736Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27PD44ALQTZXX7K6JAM3BXBUHYA6DFFN/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-05
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240201-0005/
- https://www.libssh.org/security/advisories/CVE-2023-2283.txtVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.