CVE-2020-9283

unknown
Published 2021-05-18 · Modified 2026-02-04
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

golang.org/x/crypto before v0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975 for Go allows a panic during signature verification in the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package. A client can attack an SSH server that accepts public keys. Also, a server can attack any SSH client.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-9283

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1:0.0~git20200221.2aa609c-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:0.0~git20200221.2aa609c-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:0.0~git20200221.2aa609c-1
debian debiansidfixed1:0.0~git20200221.2aa609c-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:0.0~git20200221.2aa609c-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gogolang.org/x/crypto<0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f69750.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.