Improper Input Validation Affecting russh package, versions >=0.34.0 <0.61.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-RUSSH-17660675
  • published27 Jun 2026
  • disclosed10 Jun 2026
  • creditmjc

Introduced: 10 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-48110  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade russh to version 0.61.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation via the parsers process. An attacker can cause excessive memory allocation or resource exhaustion by sending oversized, high-fanout, or malformed length-prefixed SSH fields.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1