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High · 8.3 CVE-2026-116794 EUVD-2026-112267GHSA-vp5q-ff62-jwqvRUSTSEC-2026-0495

russh: Agent server never calls `Agent::confirm`, so keys added with the confirm constraint (`ssh-add -c`) sign without confirmation

Published Oct 28, 2026 · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

russh is a Rust SSH client and server library that includes an SSH agent protocol implementation. From 0.50.0-beta.12 until 0.65.0, the agent server's Connection::try_sign path in russh/src/keys/agent/server.rs recognizes SSH_AGENT_CONSTRAIN_CONFIRM but returns a hard-coded successful result instead of calling Agent::confirm. In applications that override Agent::confirm to require user approval or another policy check, a process that can reach the agent socket, including the remote side of a forwarded agent, can use a key added through ssh-add -c without that check and can authenticate or sign data as the user while the key remains loaded. The separate Agent::confirm_request hook still runs for every signing request, so checks implemented there remain effective, and implementations that retain the default always-successful Agent::confirm do not lose an approval check through this regression. This issue is fixed in version 0.65.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Eugeny russh < 0.65 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 rust-russh No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 rust-russh No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 openshell +2 0.1.6-0.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:93904

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling yazi 26.9.1-r7 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io russh >= 0.50.0-beta.12, < 0.65.0 0.65.0 RUSTSEC-2026-0495
crates.io russh < 0.65 0.65 GHSA-vp5q-ff62-jwqv

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