CVE-2025-48039: DoS

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.

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-770 CWE-770

References

Other References

https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48039.html https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/043ee3c943e2977c1acdd740ad13992fd60b6bf0 https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/c242e6458967e9514bea351814151695807a54ac https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10155 https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-rr5p-6856-j7h8 https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-48039 https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-48039? +

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.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-48039? +

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