rust-russh — security advisory

{
  "id": "311138b0613551ce8b5c96b64d8e3686672c55a5a3e6b563ca527f13800d5f32",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42189",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42189",
    "summary": "Russh is a Rust SSH client & server library. Prior to version 0.60.1, a pre-authentication denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the server's keyboard-interactive authentication handler. A malicious client can crash any russh-based server that implements keyboard-interactive auth (e.g., for 2FA/TOTP) with a single malformed packet, requiring no credentials. This issue has been patched in version 0.60.1.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42189",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "rust-russh",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.57.1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42189",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42189"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "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-2026-42189.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "librust-russh-dev",
                "binary_version": "0.57.1-2"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:58:54.478942575Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-42189"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-42189",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42189",
        "https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/security/advisories/GHSA-f5v4-2wr6-hqmg"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-42189",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 359162,
  "published_at": "2026-05-08T20:16:00+00:00"
}