CVE-2025-48039

NameCVE-2025-48039
DescriptionAllocation 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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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
erlang (PTS)bullseye1:23.2.6+dfsg-1+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)1:23.2.6+dfsg-1+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm1:25.2.3+dfsg-1+deb12u3vulnerable
bookworm (security)1:25.2.3+dfsg-1+deb12u1vulnerable
forky, sid, trixie1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
erlangsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-rr5p-6856-j7h8
https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10155
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/c242e6458967e9514bea351814151695807a54ac (OTP-27.3.4.3, OTP-28.0.3)
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/043ee3c943e2977c1acdd740ad13992fd60b6bf0 (OTP-26.2.5.15)

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