CVE-2026-39835
MEDIUM5.3EPSS 0.03%Invoking server panic during CheckHostKey/Authenticate in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh
Published: 5/22/2026Modified: 5/29/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/golang-go.cryptofrom 0
- Go/golang.org/x/cryptofrom 0, < 0.52.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |