russh is a Rust SSH client and server library that includes an SSH agent protocol implementation. Prior to 0.64.1, the agent server spawns a separate long-lived task for every SSH_AGENT_CONSTRAIN_LIFETIME record in a constrained add-key request. The loop accepts repeated lifetime records, clones the key blob into each task, and does not roll back tasks when later constraint parsing fails. An attacker that can speak the agent protocol locally or through agent forwarding can exhaust memory and tasks until the agent process is starved or terminated, denying SSH agent service. This issue is fixed in version 0.64.1.
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threat_severity

Moderate


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Eugeny russh
Vendors & Products Eugeny
Eugeny russh

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


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Description russh is a Rust SSH client and server library that includes an SSH agent protocol implementation. Prior to 0.64.1, the agent server spawns a separate long-lived task for every SSH_AGENT_CONSTRAIN_LIFETIME record in a constrained add-key request. The loop accepts repeated lifetime records, clones the key blob into each task, and does not roll back tasks when later constraint parsing fails. An attacker that can speak the agent protocol locally or through agent forwarding can exhaust memory and tasks until the agent process is starved or terminated, denying SSH agent service. This issue is fixed in version 0.64.1.
Title russh agent server converts constraint records into unbounded never-rolled-back tasks
Weaknesses CWE-770
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-10-19T16:30:24.445Z

Updated: 2026-10-19T18:29:47.486Z

Reserved: 2026-10-15T12:47:13.665Z

Link: CVE-2026-111061

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-19T18:29:41.958Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-19T17:17:03.080

Modified: 2026-10-19T19:17:22.890

Link: CVE-2026-111061

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-19T16:30:24Z

Links: CVE-2026-111061 - Bugzilla