CVE-2026-59846

LOW
INFO Priority: 0.00 BB Relevance: 23/100
Published: 2026-07-21 Modified: 2026-11-06 First seen: 2026-11-06 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: Low
I: Low
A: None

Description

A flaw was found in libssh. A malicious username expanded through %r in ProxyCommand handling can inject shell metacharacters, exposing environment variables and causing unintended shell behavior.

References & Advisories (6)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42922
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55855
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62217
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62218
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498179
issue-tracking x_refsource_REDHAT

Bug Bounty Relevance

23 / 100
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

3.9 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.12%
Raw Score 0.001200
Percentile 1.8%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00120
2026-11-12
0.00120
2026-11-10
0.00120
2026-11-09
0.00120
2026-11-08
0.00120
2026-11-07
0.00120
2026-11-06
0.00120

Intelligence Sources

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