CVE-2026-102825: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Russh is a Rust SSH client and server library. Prior to 0.62.6, the USERAUTHREQUEST path reached from server::runstream in russh/src/server/encrypted.rs increments self.common.authattempts but never compares it with server::Config.maxauthattempts. An unauthenticated remote client can continue...

Brute-Forcing a Fingerprint Reader

Its neither hard nor expensive: Unlike password authentication, which requires a direct match between what is inputted and whats stored in a database, fingerprint authentication determines a match using a reference threshold. As a result, a successful fingerprint brute-force attack requires only...