CVE-2026-73489 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-73489: Russh: Post-auth remote panic via pty-req with more than 130 terminal-mode records

Vendor Eugeny
Product russh
Weakness CWE-129
Published August 13, 2026
Last update August 17, 2026

CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Russh is a Rust SSH client & server library. Prior to 0.62.4, an authenticated SSH client can cause a denial of service by sending a pty-req channel request with more than 130 terminal-mode records. The parser in russh/src/server/encrypted.rs stores terminal modes in a fixed 130-entry [(Pty::TTY_OP_END, 0); 130] array but continues increasing the mode count, then constructs an out-of-bounds slice and panics before the application pty_request handler runs. The panic terminates the server session task without causing memory corruption. This issue is fixed in version 0.62.4.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 13, 2026 CVE published
August 17, 2026 Record updated