CVE-2026-73429 PUBLISHED

Russh: client wrong-length X25519 `clone_from_slice` panic (pre-auth DoS)

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 12.08.2026 Published: 12.08.2026 Updated: 12.08.2026

Russh is a Rust SSH client & server library. Prior to 0.62.4, a malicious SSH server can crash a russh client session with a malformed KEX_ECDH_REPLY containing a server ephemeral value that is not 32 bytes long. The client-side Curve25519Kex::compute_shared_secret function in russh/src/kex/curve25519.rs passes the decoded exchange.server_ephemeral value to clone_from_slice without validating its length, causing a deterministic panic before the server host key is verified. The panic terminates the spawned client session task and surfaces as a JoinError, while the embedding process normally remains running. This issue is fixed in version 0.62.4.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor Eugeny
Product russh
Versions
  • Version < 0.62.4 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-704: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast CWE
  • CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions CWE