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CVE-2020-9283
golang.org/x/crypto before v0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975 for Go allows a panic during signature verification in the…
High7.5EPSS 21.1%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 21.1% · top 2.4% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogolang.org/x/cryptoGHSA-ffhg-7mh4-33c4 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/3L45YRc91SY (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156480/Go-SSH-0.0.2-Denial-Of-Service.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201007 [SECURITY] [DLA 2402-1] golang-go.crypto security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201116 [SECURITY] [DLA 2453-1] restic security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201118 [SECURITY] [DLA 2455-1] packer security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230616 [SECURITY] [DLA 3455-1] golang-go.crypto security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-ffhg-7mh4-33c4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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