GHSA-9wfm-jcj8-jfv9: russh's SSH agent server is susceptible to unbound allocations via repeated SSH_AGENT_CONSTRAIN_CONFIRM messages

Published Oct 27, 2026
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Updated

russh is a Rust SSH client and server library that includes an SSH agent protocol implementation. Prior to 0.65.0, russh::keys::agent::server::serve in russh/src/keys/agent/server.rs accepts repeated SSHAGENTCONSTRAINCONFIRM records while adding a key and appends every Constraint::Confirm record to the key's retained constraint vector without a count or memory limit. A process that can connect to the agent socket, including the remote side of a forwarded agent session, can repeatedly add constrained keys and cause renewable memory growth that persists for the process lifetime because keys without a lifetime constraint do not expire. This issue is fixed in version 0.65.0.

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade russh to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.65.0

Event History

Oct 27, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·08:14 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·08:14 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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