Russh is a Rust SSH client & server library. Prior to 0.62.4, an authenticated SSH client can cause a denial of service by sending a pty-req channel request with more than 130 terminal-mode records. The parser in russh/src/server/encrypted.rs stores terminal modes in a fixed 130-entry [(Pty::TTY_OP_END, 0); 130] array but continues increasing the mode count, then constructs an out-of-bounds slice and panics before the application pty_request handler runs. The panic terminates the server session task without causing memory corruption. This issue is fixed in version 0.62.4.

Affected: crates.io: russh

## Summary

A post-authentication denial-of-service panic in `russh` 0.62.2 (commit `c4be19f1915c8682f4615c3fd50008512b474491`, current default branch `main` as of 2026-07-22). An authenticated client sends a `pty-req` channel request carrying more than 130 terminal-mode records. The parser uses a fixed `[(Pty::TTY_OP_END, 0); 130]` array but increments its counter `i` for every valid record (logging "too many pty codes" without returning), then slices `&modes[0..i]` — an out-of-bounds slice that **panics** (`range end index 131 out of range for slice of length 130`) before the application `pty_request` handler runs.

This is reachable with the **default** server configuration and the **default** crypto config (curve25519-sha256 + chacha20-poly1305), requiring only an authenticated session channel — no caller-supplied parameter. It is reproduced end-to-end against the unmodified real russh 0.62.2 library (a real `russh::client` + `russh::server` over TCP, using the public `Channel::request_pty(...)` API); the PoC below links the real crate, not a copied snippet. The defect is still present on `main` HEAD (`v0.62.3`, 2026-07-22) and is not covered by any of the 11 published russh GHSA advisories (GHSA-4r3c-5hpg-58qr / CVE-2026-48110 is allocation-first string parsing, not the fixed-array slice overflow; it was fixed in 0.61.0 but this code path still overflows the fixed array).

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