CVE-2026-56854

High

Description

The source-address critical option in the Permissions returned by an authentication callback was only enforced for the PublicKeyCallback and VerifiedPublicKeyCallback paths, extending the fix for CVE-2026-46595. Permissions returned by the PasswordCallback, KeyboardInteractiveCallback, NoClientAuthCallback, and GSSAPIWithMICConfig.AllowLogin callbacks were not validated against the client's remote address, so a source-address restriction set by those callbacks was silently ignored. The check is now applied to the Permissions returned by any authentication callback.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductGolang.org/x/crypto
PublishedAug 28, 2026
First seenAug 28, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • golang.org/x/crypto0.55.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
golang.org/x/cryptoGov < 0.55.00.55.0

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