CVE-2026-39829

high

Published 2026-05-22 · Modified 2026-05-27

CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2

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VIR risk

7.5

Description

The RSA and DSA public key parsers did not enforce size limits on key parameters. A crafted public key with an excessively large modulus or DSA parameter could cause several minutes of CPU consumption during signature verification. This could be triggered by unauthenticated clients during public key authentication. RSA moduli are now limited to 8192 bits, and DSA parameters are validated per FIPS 186-2.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-39829.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-39829

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	affected
debian	bullseye	affected
debian	forky	affected
debian	sid	fixed	`1:0.52.0-1`
debian	trixie	affected
sles		affected

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Go	golang.org/x/crypto	`<0.52.0`	`0.52.0`

References

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