CVE-2026-39835 (GCVE-0-2026-39835)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 02:31 – Updated: 2026-05-22 02:31
VLAI?
Title
Invoking server panic during CheckHostKey/Authenticate in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh
Summary
SSH servers which use CertChecker as a public key callback without setting IsUserAuthority or IsHostAuthority could be caused to panic by a client presenting a certificate. CertChecker now returns an error instead of panicking when these callbacks are nil.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
Go
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
golang.org/x/crypto golang.org/x/crypto/ssh Affected: 0 , < 0.52.0 (semver)
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Credits
NCC Group Cryptography Services, sponsored by Teleport
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