GHSA-j5w8-q4qc-rx2x

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j5w8-q4qc-rx2x
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/11/GHSA-j5w8-q4qc-rx2x/GHSA-j5w8-q4qc-rx2x.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-j5w8-q4qc-rx2x
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Published
2025-11-19T23:01:20Z
Modified
2025-11-19T23:42:49.143732Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
golang.org/x/crypto/ssh allows an attacker to cause unbounded memory consumption
Details

SSH servers parsing GSSAPI authentication requests do not validate the number of mechanisms specified in the request, allowing an attacker to cause unbounded memory consumption.

Database specific 
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-11-19T21:15:50Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-770"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-19T23:01:20Z",
    "github_reviewed": true
}
References

Affected packages

Go / golang.org/x/crypto

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.45.0