russh is a Rust SSH client and server library that includes an SSH agent protocol implementation. From version 0.55.0 until version 0.65.1, the initial key exchange invokes client::Handler::kex_done() with the raw shared secret before check_server_key() accepts the server host key or certificate. A malicious SSH server can therefore trigger application-defined secondary-channel initialization or early data handling even when the server identity is subsequently rejected. Ordinary clients that keep the callback's no-op default or independently defer callback-derived actions until trust is confirmed are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.65.1.
Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-9264-jvgf-6w2f | russh kex_done: Shared-secret callback runs before server host-key verification |
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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:45:00 +0000
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| Description | russh is a Rust SSH client and server library that includes an SSH agent protocol implementation. From version 0.55.0 until version 0.65.1, the initial key exchange invokes client::Handler::kex_done() with the raw shared secret before check_server_key() accepts the server host key or certificate. A malicious SSH server can therefore trigger application-defined secondary-channel initialization or early data handling even when the server identity is subsequently rejected. Ordinary clients that keep the callback's no-op default or independently defer callback-derived actions until trust is confirmed are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.65.1. | |
| Title | russh kex_done: shared-secret callback runs before server host-key verification | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-696 CWE-863 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-13T21:15:30.367Z
Reserved: 2026-11-12T21:24:51.131Z
Link: CVE-2026-128087
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-11-13T19:19:31.477
Modified: 2026-11-13T22:17:22.950
Link: CVE-2026-128087
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-11-13T21:30:21Z
Github GHSA