medium4.3
CVE-2026-102824
Russh: Missing X25519 zero-point validation in hybrid ML-KEM key exchange
Impact
Russh is a Rust SSH client and server library. Prior to 0.63.0, the hybrid ML-KEM 768 and X25519 implementation in russh/src/kex/hybrid_mlkem.rs accepts an all-zero 32-byte peer X25519 public key in both server_dh and compute_shared_secret, forcing the X25519 contribution to the combined shared secret to zero. A malicious SSH peer can therefore make the combined secret depend only on ML-KEM, defeating the hybrid exchange's intended fallback protection if ML-KEM is later weakened. This issue is fixed in version 0.63.0.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rust | russh | < 0.63.0 | 0.63.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3jg-pjxf-73p4
- https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/security/advisories/GHSA-w3jg-pjxf-73p4
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102824
- https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/commit/8da8967f196472576b1565d518a0ed60fce60f0c
- https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/releases/tag/v0.63.0