Bug 2535643 (CVE-2026-62949) - CVE-2026-62949 asyncssh: AsyncSSH: Denial of Service via zero-sized SSH packets
Summary: CVE-2026-62949 asyncssh: AsyncSSH: Denial of Service via zero-sized SSH packets
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-62949
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-16 20:16 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-16 22:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-16 20:16:01 UTC
AsyncSSH is a Python package which provides an asynchronous client and server implementation of the SSHv2 protocol on top of the Python asyncio framework. Prior to 2.24.0, _process_channel_open and _process_channel_open_confirmation in asyncssh/connection.py accept a peer-supplied send_pktsize value of zero. When channel data reaches SSHChannel._flush_send_buf in asyncssh/channel.py, the zero value causes each loop iteration to slice and remove zero bytes without reducing the send window, leaving the synchronous loop permanently true with no await point. A malicious SSH server can trigger the client path through SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_CONFIRMATION before the first channel write, while an authenticated client can trigger the server path through SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN and freeze every current and future connection handled by the process. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.24.0.


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