CVE-2026-73430: CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Eugeny russh
CVE-2026-73430 is a medium severity vulnerability in the russh Rust SSH client and server library. Versions prior to 0.62.4 allow an unauthenticated SSH client to cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted SSH_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT message with an all-zero 32-byte Q_C value. This triggers a panic in the server key-exchange task before authentication, terminating the task and causing a denial of service. The issue is fixed in version 0.62.4.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability in russh occurs because the server accepts an all-zero peer public value during the Curve25519 key exchange, leading to the computation of an all-zero shared secret. Subsequently, the function compute_exchange_hash calls encode_mpint, which indexes beyond the end of the input while skipping leading zero bytes, causing a panic. This panic happens before client authentication, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by terminating the server key-exchange task. The flaw is identified as CWE-754 (Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions) and affects russh versions prior to 0.62.4.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service by sending a malformed SSH key exchange initiation message, which triggers a panic in the server and terminates the key-exchange task. This disrupts the availability of the SSH service. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in russh version 0.62.4. Users should upgrade to version 0.62.4 or later to remediate the issue. No other mitigation or workaround is indicated.
CVE-2026-73430: CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Eugeny russh
Description
CVE-2026-73430 is a medium severity vulnerability in the russh Rust SSH client and server library. Versions prior to 0.62.4 allow an unauthenticated SSH client to cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted SSH_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT message with an all-zero 32-byte Q_C value. This triggers a panic in the server key-exchange task before authentication, terminating the task and causing a denial of service. The issue is fixed in version 0.62.4.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability in russh occurs because the server accepts an all-zero peer public value during the Curve25519 key exchange, leading to the computation of an all-zero shared secret. Subsequently, the function compute_exchange_hash calls encode_mpint, which indexes beyond the end of the input while skipping leading zero bytes, causing a panic. This panic happens before client authentication, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by terminating the server key-exchange task. The flaw is identified as CWE-754 (Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions) and affects russh versions prior to 0.62.4.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service by sending a malformed SSH key exchange initiation message, which triggers a panic in the server and terminates the key-exchange task. This disrupts the availability of the SSH service. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in russh version 0.62.4. Users should upgrade to version 0.62.4 or later to remediate the issue. No other mitigation or workaround is indicated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-12T14:32:11.796Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a7ce1eabf8831d5392b0356
Added to database: 08/12/2026, 21:13:14 UTC
Last enriched: 08/12/2026, 21:27:53 UTC
Last updated: 08/13/2026, 01:32:32 UTC
Views: 6
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