Answer in brief
CVE-2025-8114 records a Medium severity (CVSS 4.7) vulnerability in Libssh: null pointer dereference in libssh kex session id calculation. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps libssh (generic), Red Hat/libssh (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 4.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps libssh (generic), Red Hat/libssh (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| libsshgeneric | >=0 <0.11.3 | 0.11.3 |
| Red Hat/libsshgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9generic | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jul 24, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 1, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 25, 2026
A flaw was found in libssh, a library that implements the SSH protocol. When calculating the session ID during the key exchange (KEX) process, an allocation failure in cryptographic functions may lead to a NULL pointer dereference. This issue can cause the client or server to crash.
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