CVE-2026-54590 (GCVE-0-2026-54590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 20:36 – Updated: 2026-07-08 20:36
VLAI
Title
AsyncSSH AuthorizedKeysFile username substitution bypass through ~ and environment expansion
Summary
AsyncSSH is a Python package which provides an asynchronous client and server implementation of the SSHv2 protocol on top of the Python asyncio framework. Version 2.23.0 contains an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-45309 in SSHServerConfig._set_tokens that blocks /, , and .. before %u substitution in AuthorizedKeysFile but does not block a leading ~ or ${ENV}, allowing later expansion in _expand_val and Path(filename).expanduser() to escape the intended authorized-keys directory. This issue is fixed in version 2.23.1.
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ronf asyncssh Affected: < 2.23.1
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