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Unscored USN-8447-3 0 CVEs

google-guest-agent vulnerabilities

Published Jun 22, 2026 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Summary

USN-8447-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Go Cryptography. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Go Cryptography code embedded in Google
Guest Agent.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Go Cryptography did not properly handle SSH global
request responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2026-39830)

It was discovered that Go Cryptography did not properly verify user
presence when using FIDO/U2F security keys. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to bypass user presence verification for hardware security keys.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04
LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-39831)

It was discovered that Go Cryptography did not properly serialize SSH agent
key constraint extensions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
bypass intended key usage restrictions. This issue only affected Ubuntu
20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-39832)

It was discovered that Go Cryptography did not properly enforce the
confirm-before-use constraint in the SSH agent keyring. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to use SSH keys without the required user
confirmation. (CVE-2026-39833)

It was discovered that Go Cryptography had an integer overflow when
handling large SSH channel writes. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-39834)

It was discovered that Go Cryptography did not properly check certificate
authority key revocation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
bypass certificate authority revocation checks. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-42508)

It was discovered that Go Cryptography did not properly enforce the source-
address critical option for all SSH server callback types. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to bypass source address authorization
restrictions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-46595)

Fixed packages 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS google-guest-agent 20250116.00-0ubuntu1~22.04.3
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS google-guest-agent 20250116.00-0ubuntu1~24.04.4
Ubuntu · 25.10 google-guest-agent 20250506.01-0ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu · 26.04 LTS 26.04:LTS google-guest-agent 20250506.01-0ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS google-guest-agent 20240716.00-0ubuntu1~16.04.0+esm3
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS google-guest-agent 20241011.01-0ubuntu1~18.04.0+esm3
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS google-guest-agent 20250116.00-0ubuntu1~20.04.0+esm3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-39830
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-39831
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-39834
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46595