GO-2026-5016

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    GO-2026-5016

    Published: 22 May 2026Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: Invoking memory leak when rejecting channels can lead to DoS in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh

    Details: An authenticated SSH client that repeatedly opened channels which were rejected by the server caused unbounded memory growth, eventually crashing the server process and affecting all connected users. Rejected channels are now properly removed from the connection's internal state and released for garbage collection.

    References: https://go.dev/issue/35127, https://go.dev/cl/781320, https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/a082jnz-LvI

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: golang.org/x/crypto

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.52.0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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