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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.1 Critical

CVE-2026-39831

Invoking bypass of FIDO/U2F security keys physical interaction in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh

Description

The Verify() method for FIDO/U2F security key types (sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com, sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com) did not check the User Presence flag. Signatures generated without physical touch were accepted, allowing unattended use of a hardware security key. To restore the previous behavior, return a "no-touch-required" extension in Permissions.Extensions from PublicKeyCallback.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

golang.org/x/crypto golang.org/x/crypto/ssh

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 0.52.0affected

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