CVE-2026-116774

Medium

Description

russh is a Rust SSH client and server library that includes an SSH agent protocol implementation. From 0.60.0 until 0.65.0, channel-open parsing accepts a peer-declared maximum_packet_size of zero and passes it into ChannelTx::poll_writable in russh/src/channels/io/tx.rs. The Channel::data, Channel::make_writer, and Channel::into_stream asynchronous write paths then calculate a writable size of zero and remain pending forever because window adjustments cannot satisfy a static zero packet maximum. An authenticated client can strand server writes, and a malicious server can strand client writes, allowing affected tasks, channels, and connections to accumulate without surfacing an error. This issue is fixed in version 0.65.0.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductRussh
PublishedOct 27, 2026
First seenOct 27, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • russh0.65 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
russhcrates.io0.60.0 ≤ v ≤ 0.64.10.65

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