Unverified File Handles can Cause Excessive Use of System Resources

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2025-48038
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerEEF
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-09-11 09:15:33 UTC
Updated2026-04-06 17:17:02 UTC
DescriptionAllocation 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 5.3 MEDIUM from 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Problem Types: CWE-400 | CWE-770 | CWE-770 CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling | CWE-400 CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.06b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbSecondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS5.3MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Erlang OTP affected 3.0.1 * otp Not specified
CNA Erlang OTP affected 17.0 * otp Not specified
CNA Erlang OTP affected 07b8f441ca711f9812fad9e9115bab3c3aa92f79 * git Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f09e0201ff701993dc24a08f15e524daf72db42f 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db github.com
github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-pvj7-9652-7h9r 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db github.com
osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-48038 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db osv.dev
cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48038.html 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db cna.erlef.org
www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db www.erlang.org
github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10156 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db github.com
github.com/erlang/otp/commit/4e3bf86777ab3db7220c11d8ddabf15970ddd10a 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Jakub Witczak (en)

CNA: Ingela Andin (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Workarounds

CNA: * Disable sftp * limiting number of max_sessions allowed for sshd, so exploiting becomes more complicated

© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report