Invoking infinite loop on large channel writes in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 13 fixed, 31 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
When writing data larger than 4GB in a single Write call on an SSH channel, an integer overflow in the internal payload size calculation caused the write loop to spin indefinitely, sending empty packets without making progress. The size comparison now uses int64 to prevent truncation.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go standard library | golang.org/x/crypto/ssh | before 0.52.0 | 0.52.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | golang.org/x/crypto (Go) | before 0.52.0 | 0.52.0 | Patch available | GHSA-rm3j-f69w-wqmq |
- golang.org/x/crypto/ssh VendorGo standard library Affected before 0.52.0 Fixed in 0.52.0 Patch available CNA
- golang.org/x/crypto (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.52.0 Fixed in 0.52.0 Patch available GHSA-rm3j-f69w-wqmq
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:golang:crypto:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* | before 0.52.0 | Vulnerable | Go standard library |
- cpe:2.3:a:golang:crypto:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* Versions before 0.52.0 Vulnerable ·Go standard library
Remediation
- Fix · CNA golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (golang.org/x/crypto) Fixed in 0.52.0
- Fix · GHSA-rm3j-f69w-wqmq golang.org/x/crypto (Go) Fixed in 0.52.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 16 advisories
- RHSA-2026:95591 Released 2026-11-05 · Red Hat rating ImportantCluster Observability Operator - 1.5
- Cluster Observability Operator 1.5 registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/alertmanager-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/cluster-observability-rhel9-operator, registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/distributed-tracing-console-plugin-pf4-rhel9 +16
- RHSA-2026:95517 Released 2026-11-05 · Red Hat rating ImportantMulticluster Global Hub 1.7.4 security update
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.4 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-agent-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-manager-rhel9 +1
- RHSA-2026:95360 Released 2026-11-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Cryostat security update
- Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 cryostat/cryostat-grafana-dashboard-rhel9, cryostat/cryostat-openshift-console-plugin-rhel9, cryostat/cryostat-storage-rhel9
Show 13 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:95263 Released 2026-11-04 · Red Hat rating ModerateRHTAS 1.5.1 - Release of Model Transparency Go 1.0.1
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.5 registry.redhat.io/rhtas/model-transparency-cli-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:95081 Released 2026-11-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantCluster Observability Operator - 1.5
- Cluster Observability Operator 1.5 registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/alertmanager-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/cluster-observability-rhel9-operator, registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/distributed-tracing-console-plugin-pf4-rhel9 +16
- RHSA-2026:94498 Released 2026-11-03 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift API for Data Protection - 1.4.12
- OpenShift API for Data Protection 1.4 registry.redhat.io/oadp/oadp-cli-binaries-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/oadp/oadp-kubevirt-velero-plugin-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/oadp/oadp-mustgather-rhel9 +8
- RHSA-2026:92510 Released 2026-10-29 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 3.4.6 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-built-in-detector-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-cli-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9 +47
- RHSA-2026:92307 Released 2026-10-29 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes v2.13.14 security update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-multicluster-observability-addon-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-prometheus-config-reloader-rhel9 +16
- RHSA-2026:92303 Released 2026-10-29 · Red Hat rating Importantmulticluster engine for Kubernetes v2.8.12 security update
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/addon-manager-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/backplane-rhel9-operator, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/cluster-curator-controller-rhel9 +12
- RHSA-2026:82322 Released 2026-10-13 · Red Hat rating Importantcert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.17.2
- Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 registry.redhat.io/cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:82304 Released 2026-10-13 · Red Hat rating Importantcert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.17.2
- Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 registry.redhat.io/cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-acmesolver-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:66561 Released 2026-09-11 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images golang1.27-1.27.1-0.1.hum1@aarch64, golang1.27-1.27.1-0.1.hum1@src, golang1.27-1.27.1-0.1.hum1@x86_64 +10
- RHSA-2026:62391 Released 2026-09-02 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images golang1.26-1.26.8-0.1.hum1@aarch64, golang1.26-1.26.8-0.1.hum1@src, golang1.26-1.26.8-0.1.hum1@x86_64 +10
- RHSA-2026:57194 Released 2026-08-19 · Red Hat rating Importantmulticluster engine for Kubernetes v2.11.5 security update
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.11 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/addon-manager-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/backplane-rhel9-operator, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-engine/cluster-api-provider-kubevirt-rhel9 +11
- RHSA-2026:43692 Released 2026-07-22 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift API for Data Protection
- OpenShift API for Data Protection 1.6 registry.redhat.io/oadp/oadp-velero-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:37387 Released 2026-07-09 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.22.0 security, enhancement & bug fix update
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 registry.redhat.io/odf4/cephcsi-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/odf4/cephcsi-rhel9-operator, registry.redhat.io/odf4/devicefinder-rhel9 +24
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
golang.org/x/crypto/ssh 0.52.0
9 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 5 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-34255 Invoking VerifiedPublicKeyCallback permissions skip enforcement in golang.org/x/crypto/sshPriority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2026-28713 Invoking bypass of FIDO/U2F security keys physical interaction in golang.org/x/crypto/sshPriority MEDIUM 48
- TI-2026-28712 Invoking client can cause server deadlock on unexpected responses in golang.org/x/crypto/sshPriority MEDIUM 46
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Installer for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Builds for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix yet |
| Confidential Compute Attestation | Affected | No fix yet |
| External Secrets Operator for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix yet |
| Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Serverless | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 6 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Edge Manager 1 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Workspaces Operator | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift GitOps | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift on AWS | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer | Affected | No fix yet |
| Security Profiles Operator | Affected | No fix yet |
| Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:82304, RHSA-2026:82322 |
| Cluster Observability Operator 1.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:95081, RHSA-2026:95591 |
| Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:95360 |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:95517 |
| OpenShift API for Data Protection 1.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:94498 |
| OpenShift API for Data Protection 1.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:43692 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:92307 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:62391, RHSA-2026:66561 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:92510 |
| Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:37387 |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:95263 |
| multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.11 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:57194 |
| multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:92303 |
Not affected: 26 products
- Cluster Observability Operator 1.5
- Cryostat 4
- Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9
- Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.4
- OpenShift API for Data Protection 1.4
- OpenShift API for Data Protection 1.6
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22
- Red Hat Quay 3
- Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager
- Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager - Tech Preview
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.11
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-39834
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rm3j-f69w-wqmq
- 2026-10-14 Fix available: RHSA-2026:82304 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-14 Fix available: RHSA-2026:82322 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-15 Fix available: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-16 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-22 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92303 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92307 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92510 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13, Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4, multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 Fix available: RHSA-2026:94498 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 Fix available: OpenShift API for Data Protection 1.4 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 Fix available: RHSA-2026:95081 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 Fix available: Cluster Observability Operator 1.5 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9, Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.4, Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.5 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:95591 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:95517 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:95263 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:95360 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-08 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
More Go standard library Crypto vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-26623 The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2026-30791 Invoking auth bypass via unenforced @revoked status in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/knownhosts CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-34255 Invoking VerifiedPublicKeyCallback permissions skip enforcement in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-28715 Invoking key constraints not enforced in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-28714 Invoking agent constraints dropped when forwarding keys in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-28713 Invoking bypass of FIDO/U2F security keys physical interaction in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-39834 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-39834 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rm3j-f69w-wqmq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-39834 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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