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

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
golang.org/x/crypto / golang.org/x/crypto/ssh	affected 0 before 0.52.0

CWE

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References

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redhat-SADP

A flaw was found in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability when an SSH server authentication callback returned a PartialSuccessError with non-nil permissions. This flaw caused these permissions to be silently discarded, potentially bypassing certificate restrictions, such as a force-command, after a second authentication factor succeeded. This could lead to unauthorized command execution or access.