CVE-2026-46598 (GCVE-0-2026-46598)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 02:31 – Updated: 2026-05-22 18:14
VLAI
Title
Invoking pathological inputs can lead to client panic in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent
Summary
For certain crafted inputs, a 'ed25519.PrivateKey' was created by casting malformed wire bytes, leading to a panic when used.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-22 18:12 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-129 - Improper Validation of Array Index
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
golang.org/x/crypto golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent Affected: 0 , < 0.52.0 (semver)
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Credits
NCC Group Cryptography Services, sponsored by Teleport
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