GO-2022-0968

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    GO-2022-0968

    Published: 13 Sept 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Panic on malformed packets in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh

    Details: Unauthenticated clients can cause a panic in SSH servers. When using AES-GCM or ChaCha20Poly1305, consuming a malformed packet which contains an empty plaintext causes a panic.

    References: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/2AR1sKiM-Qs, https://go.dev/issues/49932, https://go.dev/cl/368814/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: golang.org/x/crypto

    Purl: pkg:golang/golang.org/x/crypto

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.0.0-20211202192323-5770296d904e

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    GO-2022-0968 | CVE-DB