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.
CVE-2020-9283
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 21.1%, top 3% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 97.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 20, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (12)
- cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156480/Go-SSH-0.0.2-Denial-Of-Service.html
- cve@mitrehttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/3L45YRc91SY
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00014.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00027.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00031.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00017.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156480/Go-SSH-0.0.2-Denial-Of-Service.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/3L45YRc91SY
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00014.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00027.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00031.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00017.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-9283(18)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2021:1129Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat 3scale API Management 2.10.0 security update and release
- RHSA-2021:0799Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Virtualization 2.6.0 security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2020:4298Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.1 image security update
- RHSA-2020:4264Red Hat Product SecurityLow
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.40 security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2020:3809Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.38 container image security update
- RHSA-2020:3414Red Hat Product SecurityLow
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.5 security update
- RHSA-2020:3372Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3scale-istio-adapter-rhel8-container security update
- RHSA-2020:3369Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh security update
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Patch Availability(16)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| golang.org/x/crypto | — | 0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-22 22:41 UTCEG score recompute
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCbrompwnie/CVE-2020-9283First seen Jun 2, 2020
Exploit for CVE-2020-9283 based on Go
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-48121First seen Feb 24, 2020
Go SSH servers 0.0.2 - Denial of Service (PoC)
Open source ↗
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