CVE 7.5 HIGH

Invoking pathological RSA/DSA parameters may cause DoS in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh_CVE-2026-39829

7.5 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The RSA and DSA public key parsers did not enforce size limits on key parameters. A crafted public key with an excessively large modulus or DSA parameter could cause several minutes of CPU consumption during signature verification. This could be triggered by unauthenticated clients during public key authentication. RSA moduli are now limited to 8192 bits, and DSA parameters are validated per FIPS 186-2.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-39829
Source Go
Published May 22, 2026 at 02:31
Modified May 22, 2026 at 18:53

Affected Product

Vendor golang.org/x/crypto
Product golang.org/x/crypto/ssh
Affected Versions golang.org/x/crypto golang.org/x/crypto/ssh 0

References

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