# CVE-2026-116774: russh: peer-declared zero maximum packet size permanently stalls channel writes (silent AsyncWrite hang)

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-111389, GHSA-FW5C-8223-6H42
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.65.0
- Published: 2026-10-27 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Summary

russh, a Rust SSH client and server library (including its SSH agent implementation), is affected through its channel write paths. A peer can declare a zero maximum packet size, causing writes to hang indefinitely without an error, which can leave tasks and connections stuck and accumulating on both the server and client sides.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Eugeny russh: from 0.60.0, fixed in 0.65.0

## Description

russh is a Rust SSH client and server library that includes an SSH agent protocol implementation. From 0.60.0 until 0.65.0, channel-open parsing accepts a peer-declared maximum_packet_size of zero and passes it into ChannelTx::poll_writable in russh/src/channels/io/tx.rs. The Channel::data, Channel::make_writer, and Channel::into_stream asynchronous write paths then calculate a writable size of zero and remain pending forever because window adjustments cannot satisfy a static zero packet maximum. An authenticated client can strand server writes, and a malicious server can strand client writes, allowing affected tasks, channels, and connections to accumulate without surfacing an error. This issue is fixed in version 0.65.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Eugeny russh, upgrade to a fixed version (0.65.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/security/advisories/GHSA-fw5c-8223-6h42
- https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/commit/39cb9dbaa37caf555d34c6c22efa3bbbff9e186c
- https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/releases/tag/v0.65.0

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