CVE-2025-48039
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh (ssh_sftp modules) allows Excessive Allocation, Resource Leak Exposure. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ssh/src/ssh_sftpd.erl. This issue affects OTP form OTP 17.0 until OTP 28.0.3, OTP 27.3.4.3 and 26.2.5.15 corresponding to ssh from 3.0.1 until 5.3.3, 5.2.11.3 and 5.1.4.12.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1+deb12u4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1+deb11u3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:27.3.4.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:27.3.4.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u1 |
| sles | affected | |
References
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-rr5p-6856-j7h8
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48039.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-48039
- https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10155
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/c242e6458967e9514bea351814151695807a54ac
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/043ee3c943e2977c1acdd740ad13992fd60b6bf0
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-48039
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48039.html
CWEs
CWE-770 CWE-400
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.