๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-39832

CRITICAL 9.1

Invoking agent constraints dropped when forwarding keys in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent

CVSS Score
9.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

When adding a key to a remote agent constraint extensions such as [email protected] were not serialized in the request. Destination restrictions were silently stripped when forwarding keys, allowing unrestricted use of the key on the remote host. The client now serializes all constraint extensions. Additionally, the in-memory keyring returned by NewKeyring() now rejects keys with unsupported constraint extensions instead of silently ignoring them.

Vendor golang.org/x/crypto
Product golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent
Published May 22, 2026
Last Updated Jul 24, 2026
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Affected Versions

golang.org/x/crypto / golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent
0 < 0.52.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
go.dev: https://go.dev/issue/79435 go.dev: https://go.dev/cl/778642 groups.google.com: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/a082jnz-LvI pkg.go.dev: https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-5006 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-39832 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480685 security.access.redhat.com: https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-39832.json access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41019 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36796 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36199 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37072 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:35833 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37410 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37123 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43692 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36319 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36625 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36651 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40945 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40118 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36648 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41036 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37387 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42146 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43052 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42796 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41066 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41031 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40262 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40972 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36797 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37271

Credits

NCC Group Cryptography Services, sponsored by Teleport