Description
The Go SSH library (x/crypto/ssh) by default does not verify host keys, facilitating man-in-the-middle attacks. Default behavior changed in commit e4e2799 to require explicitly registering a hostkey verification mechanism.
Published: 2017-04-04
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-0819 The Go SSH library (x/crypto/ssh) by default does not verify host keys, facilitating man-in-the-middle attacks. Default behavior changed in commit e4e2799 to require explicitly registering a hostkey verification mechanism.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xhjq-w7xm-p8qj golang.org/x/crypto/ssh Man-in-the-Middle attack
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:16:28.305Z

Reserved: 2016-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-3204

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-04T14:59:00.180

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-3204

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-03-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-3204 - Bugzilla

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