CVE-2025-4878 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4878 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376184

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.6