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rust-russh — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102824

Russh is a Rust SSH client and server library. Prior to 0.63.0, the hybrid ML-KEM 768 and X25519 implementation in russh/src/kex/hybrid_mlkem.rs accepts an all-zero 32-byte peer X25519 public key in both server_dh and compute_shared_secret, forcing the X25519 contribution to the combined shared secret to zero. A malicious SSH peer can therefore make the combined secret depend only on ML-KEM, defeating the hybrid exchange's intended fallback protection if ML-KEM is later weakened. This issue is fixed in version 0.63.0.

Products
rust-russh
Affected versions
0.57.1-2
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-102824
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 01:57 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102824

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Sept 2026, 19:17 UTC

Russh is a Rust SSH client and server library. Prior to 0.63.0, the hybrid ML-KEM 768 and X25519 implementation in russh/src/kex/hybrid_mlkem.rs accepts an all-zero 32-byte peer X25519 public key in both server_dh and compute_shared_secret, forcing the X25519 contribution to the combined shared secret to zero. A malicious SSH peer can therefore make the combined secret depend only on ML-KEM, defeating the hybrid exchange's intended fallback protection if ML-KEM is later weakened. This issue is fixed in version 0.63.0.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102824

rust-russh

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "id": "c799e0f96fcd5d073a1d01fe03a66bef4c2a1083e38e08b442aceda9fedfb25c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102824",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102824",
    "summary": "Russh is a Rust SSH client and server library. Prior to 0.63.0, the hybrid ML-KEM 768 and X25519 implementation in russh/src/kex/hybrid_mlkem.rs accepts an all-zero 32-byte peer X25519 public key in both server_dh and compute_shared_secret, forcing the X25519 contribution to the combined shared secret to zero. A malicious SSH peer can therefore make the combined secret depend only on ML-KEM, defeating the hybrid exchange's intended fallback protection if ML-KEM is later weakened. This issue is fixed in version 0.63.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102824",
    "products": [
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        "name": {
          "value": "rust-russh",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.57.1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
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    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102824",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102824"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "events": [
                {
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "rust-russh",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-russh?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "0.57.1-2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102824.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "librust-russh-dev",
                "binary_version": "0.57.1-2"
              }
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        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:57:56.698868315Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
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      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-102824",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102824",
        "https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/security/advisories/GHSA-w3jg-pjxf-73p4",
        "https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/commit/8da8967f196472576b1565d518a0ed60fce60f0c",
        "https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/releases/tag/v0.63.0"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2026-102824",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 357753,
  "published_at": "2026-09-29T19:17:00+00:00"
}