Russh is a Rust SSH client and server library. Prior to 0.62.6, the USERAUTH_REQUEST path reached from server::run_stream in russh/src/server/encrypted.rs increments self.common.auth_attempts but never compares it with server::Config.max_auth_attempts. An unauthenticated remote client can continue submitting authentication requests on one connection beyond the configured cap, bypassing the deployment's attempt-limiting policy and increasing online guessing opportunity and backend authentication workload. This issue is fixed in version 0.62.6.
History

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Eugeny
Eugeny russh
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Description Russh is a Rust SSH client and server library. Prior to 0.62.6, the USERAUTH_REQUEST path reached from server::run_stream in russh/src/server/encrypted.rs increments self.common.auth_attempts but never compares it with server::Config.max_auth_attempts. An unauthenticated remote client can continue submitting authentication requests on one connection beyond the configured cap, bypassing the deployment's attempt-limiting policy and increasing online guessing opportunity and backend authentication workload. This issue is fixed in version 0.62.6.
Title Russh: Configured server auth-attempt cap is not enforced in the USERAUTH_REQUEST runtime path
Weaknesses CWE-307
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-09-29T18:31:32.393Z

Updated: 2026-09-30T19:29:26.432Z

Reserved: 2026-09-29T17:25:25.265Z

Link: CVE-2026-102825

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T19:29:21.228Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-29T19:17:24.713

Modified: 2026-09-30T20:17:24.100

Link: CVE-2026-102825

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-09-29T18:31:32Z

Links: CVE-2026-102825 - Bugzilla