GSD-2017-3204

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
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The Go SSH library (x/crypto/ssh) by default does not verify host keys, facilitating man-in-the-middle attacks. Default behavior changed in commit e4e2799 to require explicitly registering a hostkey verification mechanism.
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