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GHSA-J5W8-Q4QC-RX2X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-19 23:01 – Updated: 2025-11-19 23:01

Summary

golang.org/x/crypto/ssh allows an attacker to cause unbounded memory consumption

Details

SSH servers parsing GSSAPI authentication requests do not validate the number of mechanisms specified in the request, allowing an attacker to cause unbounded memory consumption.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


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

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      },
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            {
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        }
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    }
  ],
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    "CVE-2025-58181"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-19T23:01:20Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-11-19T21:15:50Z",
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  },
  "details": "SSH servers parsing GSSAPI authentication requests do not validate the number of mechanisms specified in the request, allowing an attacker to cause unbounded memory consumption.",
  "id": "GHSA-j5w8-q4qc-rx2x",
  "modified": "2025-11-19T23:01:20Z",
  "published": "2025-11-19T23:01:20Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58181"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://go.dev/cl/721961"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://go.dev/issue/76363"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/w-oX3UxNcZA"
    },
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh allows an attacker to cause unbounded memory consumption"
}

CVE-2025-58181 (GCVE-0-2025-58181)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-19 20:33 – Updated: 2025-11-20 17:14

Summary

SSH servers parsing GSSAPI authentication requests do not validate the number of mechanisms specified in the request, allowing an attacker to cause unbounded memory consumption.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-1284

Assigner

References

URL

Tags

	https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/w-o…
	https://go.dev/cl/721961
	https://go.dev/issue/76363
	https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-4134

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	golang.org/x/crypto	golang.org/x/crypto/ssh	Affected: 0 , < 0.45.0 (semver)

Credits

Jakub Ciolek

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-J5W8-Q4QC-RX2X

CVE-2025-58181 (GCVE-0-2025-58181)

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