Invoking VerifiedPublicKeyCallback permissions skip enforcement in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (golang.org/x/crypto golang.org/x/crypto/ssh)

CVE-2026-46595

CRITICAL 10.0

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.56 % · percentile 46 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-05-22 02:31 UTC
Updated: 2026-09-11 12:09 UTC
Assigner: Go
NVD status: Modified

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Description

Previously, CVE-2024-45337 fixed an authorization bypass for misused ssh server configurations; if any other type of callback is passed other than public key, then the source-address validation would be skipped.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization
CWE-303 — Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 10.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L	redhat-SADP
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 10.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L	NVD · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c (Secondary)

Advisories

GHSA-x527-x647-q7gg — golang.org/x/crypto: Invoking VerifiedPublicKeyCallback permissions skip enforcement
GO-2026-5023 — Invoking VerifiedPublicKeyCallback permissions skip enforcement in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-31398
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-46595

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1366 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Splunk · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1281 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Splunk · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1249 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-AVI-0958 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-AVI-0901 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:golang:crypto:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* < 0.52.0

Affected products

Product	Versions
golang.org/x/crypto · golang.org/x/crypto/ssh	affected 0 < 0.52.0

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

💣 Invoking VerifiedPublicKeyCallback permissions skip enforcement in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (golang.org/x/crypto golang.org/x/crypto/ssh)