vulnerability

OpenSSH Vulnerability: CVE-2025-61984

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Oct 6, 2025
Added
Dec 3, 2025
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows control characters in usernames that originate from certain possibly untrusted sources, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used. The untrusted sources are the command line and %-sequence expansion of a configuration file. (A configuration file that provides a complete literal username is not categorized as an untrusted source.)

Solution

openbsd-openssh-upgrade-latest
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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