CVE-2025-48040
Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh (ssh_sftp modules) allows Excessive Allocation, Flooding. 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 | affected | |
| 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-h7rg-6rjg-4cph
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48040.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-48040
- https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10162
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/7cd7abb7e19e16b027eaee6a54e1f6fbbe21181a
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/548f1295d86d0803da884db8685cc16d461d0d5a
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-48040
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48040.html
CWEs
CWE-400 CWE-770
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.