Invoking VerifiedPublicKeyCallback permissions skip enforcement in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh

Summary

CVECVE-2026-46595
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGo
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-22 04:16:25 UTC
Updated2026-07-09 13:17:22 UTC
DescriptionPreviously, CVE-2024-45337 fixed an authorization bypass for misused ssh server configurations; if any other type of callback is passed other than public key, then the source-address validation would be skipped.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 10 CRITICAL from ADP

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

EPSS: 0.004400000 probability, percentile 0.354330000 (date 2026-07-09)

Problem Types: CWE-863 | CWE-303 | CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization | CWE-863 CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization | CWE-303 Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED10CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
3.1ADPCVSS7.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary10CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
3.10b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46cSecondary7.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Golang Crypto All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Golang.orgxcrypto Golang.org/x/crypto/ssh affected 0.52.0 semver Not specified
ADP Red Hat RHEM 1.0 For RHEL 9 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat DevWorkspace Operator 0.42 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2.13 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security For Kubernetes 4.10 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security For Kubernetes 4.11 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security For Kubernetes 4.9 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Edge Manager 1.0 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI 3.4 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Builds 1.7.4 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.29 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.4 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Multicluster Engine For Kubernetes 2.8 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Assisted Installer For Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 2 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Cert-manager Operator For Red Hat OpenShift Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Confidential Compute Attestation Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat External Secrets Operator For Red Hat OpenShift Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Multicluster Engine For Kubernetes Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat OpenShift API For Data Protection Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat OpenShift Serverless Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI RHEL AI 3 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI RHOAI Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift For Windows Containers Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift On AWS Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Quay 3 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Security Profiles Operator Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager - Tech Preview Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Cryostat 4 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 Not specified Not specified

References

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groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/a082jnz-LvI [email protected] groups.google.com Mailing List
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c bugzilla.redhat.com
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CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
ADP2026-05-22T04:01:52.215ZReported to Red Hat.
ADP2026-05-22T02:31:27.894ZMade public.

Solutions

ADP: RHSA-2026:36796: RHEM 1.0 for RHEL 9

ADP: RHSA-2026:36808: DevWorkspace Operator 0.42

ADP: RHSA-2026:30651: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13

ADP: RHSA-2026:26547: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.10

ADP: RHSA-2026:36207: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.11

ADP: RHSA-2026:26546: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.9

ADP: RHSA-2026:36651: Red Hat Edge Manager 1.0

ADP: RHSA-2026:33531: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI 3.4

ADP: RHSA-2026:33524: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI 3.4

ADP: RHSA-2026:23262: Red Hat Hardened Images

ADP: RHSA-2026:23264: Red Hat Hardened Images

ADP: RHSA-2026:36648: Red Hat OpenShift Builds 1.7.4

ADP: RHSA-2026:36820: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.29

ADP: RHSA-2026:36797: Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.4

ADP: RHSA-2026:30650: multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8

Workarounds

ADP: Upgrade to a fixed golang.org/x/crypto/ssh release via updated golang or package rebuilds. Ensure SSH servers use supported public-key callback configurations with source-address validation as intended.

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