CVE-2025-26466

medium

Description

A flaw was found in the OpenSSH package. For each ping packet the SSH server receives, a pong packet is allocated in a memory buffer and stored in a queue of packages. It is only freed when the server/client key exchange has finished. A malicious client may keep sending such packages, leading to an uncontrolled increase in memory consumption on the server side. Consequently, the server may become unavailable, resulting in a denial of service attack.

References

https://www.securityweek.com/openssh-patches-vulnerabilities-allowing-mitm-dos-attacks/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-openssh-flaws-expose-ssh-servers-to-mitm-and-dos-attacks/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/new-openssh-flaws-enable-man-in-middle.html

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/18/4

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/18/1

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-26466

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250228-0002/

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-26466

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237041

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345043

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-26466

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-02-28

Updated: 2025-03-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium