CVE-2026-39835

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

CVSS v3

5.3

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

CVSS v2

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VIR risk

5.3

Description

SSH servers which use CertChecker as a public key callback without setting IsUserAuthority or IsHostAuthority could be caused to panic by a client presenting a certificate. CertChecker now returns an error instead of panicking when these callbacks are nil.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

63%

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-2026-39835.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-39835

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.