CVE-2026-39829

A flaw was found in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh. The RSA and DSA public key parsers in the affected component did not enforce size limits on key parameters. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated client to provide a crafted public key with an excessively large modulus or DSA parameter during public key authentication. Successful exploitation could lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to prolonged CPU consumption during signature verification.

This vulnerability in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh is rated as Important. An unauthenticated remote attacker could trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted public key with excessively large parameters during SSH public key authentication. This could lead to prolonged CPU consumption on the server, impacting service availability.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.