AIKIDO-2026-11030
golang.org/x/crypto is vulnerable to Denial Of Service (DoS)
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Medium Risk
This Affects:
golang.org/x/cryptoTL;DR
SSH servers which use CertChecker as a public key callback without setting IsUserAuthority or IsHostAuthority could be caused to panic by a client presenting a certificate. CertChecker now returns an error instead of panicking when these callbacks are nil.
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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