Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-770 — CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CAPEC

CVSS 4.0 Score

5.3

MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability 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.

Affected

pkg:otp/ssh

Module Source File
ssh_sftp lib/ssh/src/ssh_sftpd.erl
Status Type Version Changes / Fixed in
affected otp ⓘ 17.0
  • unaffected at 28.0.3
  • unaffected at 27.3.4.3
  • unaffected at 26.2.5.15

pkg:github/erlang/otp

Module Source File
ssh_sftp lib/ssh/src/ssh_sftpd.erl
Status Type Version Changes / Fixed in
affected git ⓘ 07b8f441ca71

Workarounds

  • Disable sftp
  • limiting number of max_sessions allowed for sshd, so exploiting becomes more complicated

References

Credits

  • Remediation developer: Jakub Witczak
  • Remediation reviewer: Ingela Andin

CVE record as JSON:  GET /cves/CVE-2025-48038.json
OSV record as JSON:  GET /osv/EEF-CVE-2025-48038.json