{"affected":[{"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"07b8f441ca711f9812fad9e9115bab3c3aa92f79"},{"fixed":"4e3bf86777ab3db7220c11d8ddabf15970ddd10a"},{"fixed":"f09e0201ff701993dc24a08f15e524daf72db42f"}],"repo":"https://github.com/erlang/otp","type":"GIT"}]}],"aliases":["GHSA-pvj7-9652-7h9r","CVE-2025-48038"],"credits":[{"name":"Jakub Witczak","type":"REMEDIATION_DEVELOPER"},{"name":"Ingela Andin","type":"REMEDIATION_REVIEWER"}],"database_specific":{"capec_ids":["CAPEC-130","CAPEC-131"],"cpe_ids":["cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"cwe_ids":["CWE-770","CWE-400"]},"details":"## Summary\n\nAllocation 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.\n\nThis 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.\n\n## Workaround\n\n*  Disable sftp\n  *  limiting number of max_sessions allowed for sshd, so exploiting becomes more complicated\n\n## Configuration\n\nThe SFTP subsystem must be enabled on the SSH server and the SSH port must be reachable by the attacker. SFTP is enabled by default unless explicitly disabled by setting {subsystems, []} in the SSH daemon configuration.","id":"EEF-CVE-2025-48038","modified":"2026-04-07T14:37:59.826Z","published":"2025-09-11T08:13:04.030Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-pvj7-9652-7h9r"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48038.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10156"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/4e3bf86777ab3db7220c11d8ddabf15970ddd10a"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f09e0201ff701993dc24a08f15e524daf72db42f"}],"related":[],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"score":"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","type":"CVSS_V4"}],"summary":"Unverified File Handles can Cause Excessive Use of System Resources","upstream":[]}