CVE-2025-48038 – Unverified File Handles can Cause Excessive Use of System Resources

CVE ID : CVE-2025-48038

Published : Sept. 11, 2025, 9:15 a.m. | 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

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.

Severity: 5.3 | MEDIUM

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