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CVE-2025-48038

Unverified File Handles can Cause Excessive Use of System Resources

Published: Sep 11, 2025Updated: Jun 5, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-400
4.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 72.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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 from 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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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
L
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Weaknesses

CWE-400CWE-770

Affected Products

Erlang
oss-projectaka otp, erlang/otp, erlang/ssh
OTPLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Ericsson-LG Enterprise Co., Ltd.
commercialaka ericsson lg enterprise co., ltd.
ErlangOn-prem
Communications / voip-telephony

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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References

https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-pvj7-9652-7h9r
github.com
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48038.html
cna.erlef.org
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-48038
osv.dev
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