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CVE-2026-39827 (GCVE-0-2026-39827)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 02:31 – Updated: 2026-05-22 18:35
VLAI
Title
Invoking memory leak when rejecting channels can lead to DoS in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh
Summary
An authenticated SSH client that repeatedly opened channels which were rejected by the server caused unbounded memory growth, eventually crashing the server process and affecting all connected users. Rejected channels are now properly removed from the connection's internal state and released for garbage collection.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-22 18:35 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
golang.org/x/crypto golang.org/x/crypto/ssh Affected: 0 , < 0.52.0 (semver)
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Credits
Ziyan Zhou
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