CVE-2026-39834

critical

Published 2026-05-22 · Modified 2026-05-28

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CVSS v3

9.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.1

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

94%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Windows Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Affected	—
sid	Fixed	`1:0.52.0-1`
forky	Fixed	`1:0.52.0-1`
bullseye	Affected	—
bookworm	Affected	—

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Go	golang.org/x/crypto	`<0.52.0`	`0.52.0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
golang	crypto	`{"endExcluding":"0.52.0"}`	`0.52.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.