CVE-2026-39828: Invoking bypass of certificate restrictions in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-22 · updated 2026-09-11
Weakness: CWE-295

Description

When an SSH server authentication callback returned PartialSuccessError with non-nil Permissions, those permissions were silently discarded, potentially dropping certificate restrictions such as force-command after a second factor succeeded. Returning non-nil Permissions with PartialSuccessError now results in a connection error.

Affected products

golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: before 0.52.0 — fixed in 0.52.0
Golang.Org/X/Crypto: before 0.52.0 — fixed in 0.52.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh 0.52.0; Golang.Org/X/Crypto 0.52.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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