CVE-2026-39830
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.6%
48.4th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-772
Published 2026-05-22 · modified 2026-09-16
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | N | None |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2026-05-22 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-16 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
A malicious SSH peer could send unsolicited global request responses to fill an internal buffer, blocking the connection's read loop. The blocked goroutine could not be released by calling Close(), resulting in a resource leak per connection. Unsolicited global responses are now discarded.
Affected
References
- https://go.dev/cl/781640
- https://go.dev/cl/781664
- https://go.dev/issue/79564
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/a082jnz-LvI
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-5017
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:35833
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36199
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36207
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36319
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36625
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36648
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36651
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36796
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36797
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36808
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37072
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37268
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37271
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37272
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37275
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37278
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37286
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37296
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37387
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40118
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40262
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40945
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40969
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40972