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Project Summary

This project is for programmers needing a working SSH implementation by the mean of a library. The complete control of the client is made by the programmer. With libssh, you can remotely execute programs, transfer files, use a secure and transparent tunnel for your remote programs. With its Secure FTP implementation, you can play with remote files easily, without third-party programs others than libcrypto (from openssl).

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client library networking portable protocol secureshell security server sftp shell ssh ssh2 tunnel

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Project Security

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Vulnerability Exposure Index

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Languages

C
94%
7 Other
6%

30 Day Summary

Jun 7 2025 — Jul 7 2025

12 Month Summary

Jul 7 2024 — Jul 7 2025
  • 244 Commits
    Down -5 (2%) from previous 12 months
  • 28 Contributors
    Down -2 (6%) from previous 12 months

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Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for libssh )

Repository URL: https://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git

Version:

2025-07-07
Last Analyzed
120,978
Lines of Code Analyze
0.06
Defect Density

Defects by status for current build

224
Total defects
7
Outstanding
210
Fixed

CWE Top 25 defects

ID CWE-Name Number of Defects
190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound 6