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Go x/crypto/ssh CVE-2026-78662

| EUVDEUVD-2026-70266 HIGH
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)
2026-09-02
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor
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Vendor (CNA) PRIMARY
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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7.5 HIGH

Impact is exclusively availability (connection deadlock); C:H in the provided vector is a scoring error; PR:N accepted from vendor CVSS.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

6
Analysis Updated
Sep 03, 2026 - 14:32 vuln.today
v2 (cvss_changed)
Re-analysis Queued
Sep 03, 2026 - 14:22 vuln.today
cvss_changed
CVSS changed
Sep 03, 2026 - 14:22 NVD
7.5 (HIGH)
Patch available
Sep 02, 2026 - 21:17 EUVD
Analysis Generated
Sep 02, 2026 - 20:17 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 02, 2026 - 19:14 oss-security
HIGH

Description PRE-NVD

Disclosed via oss-security. NVD scoring and full description are pending.

AnalysisAI

Connection deadlock in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (all versions before 0.56.0) allows a malicious remote SSH peer to permanently freeze an SSH connection by flooding the incomingRequests queue of a channel that has been registered in the mux's chanList but not yet established. The attack exploits the absence of any established-state guard in the packet handler, causing a deadlock that renders the entire connection unresponsive without triggering an explicit teardown. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The attack is exploitable against any Go SSH server or client using golang.org/x/crypto/ssh prior to version 0.56.0 that accepts connections from untrusted peers. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N contains a significant internal inconsistency: the described impact is a connection deadlock - a pure availability failure - yet the vector assigns C:H and A:N. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Upgrade golang.org/x/crypto to version 0.56.0 or later, which introduces the atomic established-state guard in the SSH multiplexer. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours: perform inventory of all production and development deployments using golang.org/x/crypto/ssh to quantify organizational exposure. …

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