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CVE-2026-42189
Published:May 08, 2026
Updated:May 16, 2026
Russh is a Rust SSH client & server library. Prior to version 0.60.1, a pre-authentication denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the server's keyboard-interactive authentication handler. A malicious client can crash any russh-based server that implements keyboard-interactive auth (e.g., for 2FA/TOTP) with a single malformed packet, requiring no credentials. This issue has been patched in version 0.60.1.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/Eugeny/russh.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.34.0 <v0.60.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.60.1
russh (RUST):
Affected version(s) >=0.34.0-beta.1 <0.60.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.60.1
russh (RUST):
Affected version(s) >=0.34.0-beta.1 <0.60.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.60.1
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
EPSS
Base Score:
0.19