CVE-2026-39827
Published: May 26, 2026Last modified: May 29, 2026
Description
An authenticated SSH client that repeatedly opened channels which were rejected by the server caused unbounded memory growth, eventually crashing the server process and affecting all connected users. Rejected channels are now properly removed from the connection's internal state and released for garbage collection.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | buildah | Vulnerable (1.28.0-r1) |
| containerd | Vulnerable (1.6.10-r0) | ||
| podman | Vulnerable (4.3.1-r0) | ||
| skopeo | Vulnerable (1.10.0-r2) | ||
| 25 LTS | buildah | Vulnerable (1.40.0-r0) | |
| containerd | Vulnerable (2.1.1-r0) | ||
| docker-cli-buildx | Vulnerable (0.24.0-r0) | ||
| google-guest-agent | Vulnerable (20250521.00-r0) | ||
| osv-scanner | Vulnerable (2.1.0-r4) | ||
| podman | Vulnerable (5.5.0-r0) | ||
| skopeo | Vulnerable (1.18.0-r2) | ||
| Stream | buildah | Vulnerable (1.31.0-r0) | |
| calicoctl | Vulnerable (3.31.3-r0) | ||
| cilium-cli | Vulnerable (0.19.0-r12) | ||
| containerd | Vulnerable (1.7.2-r1) | ||
| docker-cli-buildx | Vulnerable (0.11.0-r0) | ||
| etcd | Vulnerable (3.6.4-r6) | ||
| google-guest-agent | Vulnerable (20250214.01-r0) | ||
| grype | Vulnerable (0.100.0-r0) | ||
| helm | Vulnerable (3.19.0-r4) | ||
| osv-scanner | Vulnerable (2.1.0-r2) | ||
| podman | Vulnerable (4.5.1-r1) | ||
| skopeo | Vulnerable (1.13.0-r1) |