CVE-2026-73429
CVE-2026-73429 · Russh: client wrong-length X25519 `clone_from_slice` panic (pre-auth DoS)
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Russh is a Rust SSH client & server library. Prior to 0.62.4, a malicious SSH server can crash a russh client session with a malformed KEX_ECDH_REPLY containing a server ephemeral value that is not 32 bytes long. The client-side Curve25519Kex::compute_shared_secret function in russh/src/kex/curve25519.rs passes the decoded exchange.server_ephemeral value to clone_from_slice without validating its length, causing a deterministic panic before the server host key is verified. The panic terminates the spawned client session task and surfaces as a JoinError, while the embedding process normally remains running. This issue is fixed in version 0.62.4.
CVSS 5.3 · Medium · EPSS 0.5% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
russh
- Versions
- < 0.62.4: Affected
No fix published
rust-russh Debian:14
- Versions
- 0.57.1-1
- 0.57.1-2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 0.64.1-1
Update to 0.64.1-1
rust-russh Ubuntu:26.10
- Versions
- 0.57.1-2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published