Skip to main content
VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2026-102820: Eugeny russh · Out-of-bounds Read

Affects Eugeny russhSource CVE Database V5

0
Compare

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.2 Medium : upgrade to 0.63.2 when convenient.

Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 23:53 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.2Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 8% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.63.2, 0.2.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade russh to 0.63.2; pageant to 0.2.3.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
EugenyrusshAffected
  • <0.63.2
Fixed in
  • 0.63.2
rustpageantAffected
  • <0.2.3
Fixed in
  • 0.2.3
crates.iorusshpkg:cargo/russhOther threatsAffected
  • <0.63.2
Fixed in
  • 0.63.2
crates.iopageantpkg:cargo/pageantOther threatsAffected
  • <0.2.3
Fixed in
  • 0.2.3

Check your own hosts for these packages with threat-finder (opens in a new tab), our free open-source scanner.

AI-suggested

Upgrade to pageant version 0.2.3 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigations are indicated. Since this is a local vulnerability, restricting local access to trusted users can reduce risk until patched.

Description

CVE-2026-102820 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Windows pageant crate used by Eugeny's russh library. The flaw exists in the MemoryMap::read function prior to pageant version 0.2.3, where a peer-controlled 32-bit response length is trusted, allowing a local process impersonating the Pageant window to cause a large memory allocation and read beyond the mapped memory. This can crash the russh client and potentially expose adjacent committed memory. The issue is fixed in pageant 0.2.3.

References

Community reviews

Loading reviews…