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Fedora 43 libssh2 Important Heap Overflow CVE-2026

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • June 7, 2026

This update addresses CVE-2026-7598, a potential heap buffer overflow, which could be triggered remotely by supplying very long username and/or password strings.

* Fri May 22 2026 Paul Howarth - 1.11.1-6 - Fix CVE-2026-7598: integer overflow via large username or password arguments ( * Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.11.1-5 - Rebuilt for

[ 1 ] Bug #2468328 - CVE-2026-7598 libssh2: integer overflow via large username or password arguments [fedora-all]

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-1b9134cdc9' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

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Critical Vulnerabilities in Fedora 43: Information Disclosure and Header Smuggling Fedora 43 has reported two critical vulnerabilities affecting libsoup3 and perl-HTTP-Tiny. CVE-2026-5119, published on March 30, 2026, allows information disclosure via cleartext transmission of cookies during HTTPS tunnel establishment. This vulnerability impacts users of libsoup3 in Fedora 43. CVE-2026-7010, published on May 11, 2026, addresses a header smuggling issue in perl-HTTP-Tiny, which can introduce security risks by allowing invalid characters in headers. Both vulnerabilities can be mitigated by applying the latest updates available through the dnf update program. Users are urged to upgrade to the patched versions to secure their systems against potential exploitation. 95 sources 58

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