CVE-2026-73430 PUBLISHED

Russh: Pre-auth remote panic via all-zero Curve25519 peer public value (encode_mpint OOB)

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, an unauthenticated SSH client can cause a denial of service by sending SSH_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT with a 32-byte all-zero Q_C value. Curve25519Kex::server_dh in russh/src/kex/curve25519.rs accepts the all-zero peer public value and computes an all-zero shared secret, after which compute_exchange_hash calls encode_mpint in russh/src/kex/mod.rs and indexes beyond the end of the input while skipping leading zero bytes. The resulting panic occurs before authentication and terminates the server key-exchange task. 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-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions CWE