CVE-2026-42189
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
08/05/2026
Last modified:
08/05/2026
Description
Russh is a Rust SSH client & server library. Prior to version 0.60.1, a pre-authentication denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the server's keyboard-interactive authentication handler. A malicious client can crash any russh-based server that implements keyboard-interactive auth (e.g., for 2FA/TOTP) with a single malformed packet, requiring no credentials. This issue has been patched in version 0.60.1.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH



