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CVE-2026-46597 (GCVE-0-2026-46597)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 02:31 – Updated: 2026-05-22 14:08
VLAI
Title
Invoking byte arithmetic causes underflow and panic in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh
Summary
An incorrectly placed cast from bytes to int allowed for server-side panic in the AES-GCM packet decoder for well-crafted inputs.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-22 14:08 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-191 - Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
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
Maciej Kawka
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