'This is an important security and maintenance release in order to address CVE-2018-10933.

libssh versions 0.6 and above have an authentication bypass vulnerability in the server code. By presenting the server an SSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_SUCCESS message in place of the SSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_REQUEST message which the server would expect to initiate authentication, the attacker could successfully authentciate without any credentials.

The bug was discovered by Peter Winter-Smith of NCC Group.'

-- source: https://www.libssh.org/2018/10/16/libssh-0-8-4-and-0-7-6-security-and-bugfix... -- via twitter: https://twitter.com/FioraAeterna/status/1052294419607506944

Cheers, Peter