Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting russh package, versions <0.60.3
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- published25 May 2026
- disclosed21 May 2026
- creditmjc
Introduced: 21 May 2026
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How to fix?
Upgrade russh to version 0.60.3 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via unchecked allocation and growth handling in the CryptoVec process. An attacker can cause a denial of service by supplying oversized frame lengths or payloads that trigger excessive memory allocation, potentially leading to process aborts or crashes.