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CVE-2026-42189

Russh is a Rust SSH client & server library. Prior to version 0.60.1, a pre-authentication denial-of-service vulnerabili

Russh is a Rust SSH client & server library. Prior to version 0.60.1, a pre-authentication denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the server's keyboard-interactive authentication handler. A malicious client can crash any russh-based server that implements keyboard-interactive auth (e.g., for 2FA/TOTP) with a single malformed packet, requiring no credentials.

This issue has been patched in version 0.60.1.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00185
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-789Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
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Affected Products & Versions

2
russh project russh< 0.60.1
warpgate project warpgate< 0.23.1
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
crates.io russh HIGH fixed in 0.60.1
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocgithub.com · GHSA-f5v4-2wr6-hqmggithub.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security-advisories@github.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD08 May 2026 · 08:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/commit/6c3c80a9b6d60763d6227d60fa8310e57172a4d1Patch
https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/releases/tag/v0.60.1ProductRelease Notes
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