russh is a Rust SSH client and server library that includes an SSH agent protocol implementation. From version 0.55.0 until version 0.65.1, the initial key exchange invokes client::Handler::kex_done() with the raw shared secret before check_server_key() accepts the server host key or certificate. A malicious SSH server can therefore trigger application-defined secondary-channel initialization or early data handling even when the server identity is subsequently rejected. Ordinary clients that keep the callback's no-op default or independently defer callback-derived actions until trust is confirmed are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.65.1.
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9264-jvgf-6w2f russh kex_done: Shared-secret callback runs before server host-key verification
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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Description russh is a Rust SSH client and server library that includes an SSH agent protocol implementation. From version 0.55.0 until version 0.65.1, the initial key exchange invokes client::Handler::kex_done() with the raw shared secret before check_server_key() accepts the server host key or certificate. A malicious SSH server can therefore trigger application-defined secondary-channel initialization or early data handling even when the server identity is subsequently rejected. Ordinary clients that keep the callback's no-op default or independently defer callback-derived actions until trust is confirmed are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.65.1.
Title russh kex_done: shared-secret callback runs before server host-key verification
Weaknesses CWE-696
CWE-863
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-13T19:03:26.702Z

Reserved: 2026-11-12T21:24:51.131Z

Link: CVE-2026-128087

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-13T19:19:31.477

Modified: 2026-11-13T19:19:31.600

Link: CVE-2026-128087

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