AIKIDO-2026-11026
golang.org/x/crypto is vulnerable to Denial Of Service (DoS)
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Medium Risk
This Affects:
golang.org/x/cryptoTL;DR
An authenticated SSH client that repeatedly opened channels which were rejected by the server caused unbounded memory growth, eventually crashing the server process and affecting all connected users. Rejected channels are now properly removed from the connection's internal state and released for garbage collection.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range and if you use the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh functionalities.
Background info
golang.org/x/crypto is vulnerable to Denial Of Service (DoS) in versions 0.0.0 - 0.51.0.
How to fix this
Upgrade the golang.org/x/crypto library to the patch version.
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