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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

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

History

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Unverified Paths can Cause Excessive Use of System Resources
First Time appeared Erlang
Erlang erlang\/otp
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Erlang
Erlang erlang\/otp
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: EEF

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-11T08:13:36.878Z

Reserved: 2025-05-15T08:36:04.576Z

Link: CVE-2025-48039

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-09-11T09:15:34.180

Modified: 2025-09-11T09:15:34.180

Link: CVE-2025-48039

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