Information Exposure Affecting phpseclib package, versions <1.0.28-1
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- published14 Apr 2026
- disclosed10 Apr 2026
Introduced: 10 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-40194 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable phpseclib to version 1.0.28-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream phpseclib package and not the phpseclib package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
phpseclib is a PHP secure communications library. Starting in 0.1.1 and prior to 3.0.51, 2.0.53, and 1.0.28, phpseclib\Net\SSH2::get_binary_packet() uses PHP's != operator to compare a received SSH packet HMAC against the locally computed HMAC. != on equal-length binary strings in PHP uses memcmp(), which short-circuits on the first differing byte. This is a real variable-time comparison (CWE-208), proven by scaling benchmarks. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.51, 2.0.53, and 1.0.28.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40194
- https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/ffe48b6b1b1af6963327f0a5330e3aa004a194ac
- https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/releases/tag/1.0.28
- https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/releases/tag/2.0.53
- https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/releases/tag/3.0.51
- https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/security/advisories/GHSA-r854-jrxh-36qx