CVE-2025-26466

Openssh: denial-of-service in openssh

Published Feb 28, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 38.7% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

This issue can be mitigated by setting the following three different options in the sshd configuration file located at: /etc/ssh/sshd_config MaxStartups: Set to a reasonable value, this option controls the maximum number of concurrent unauthenticated connections the SSH server accepts; PerSourcePenalties: Set its suboptions to a reasonable value, this option is used to help sshd to detect and drop connections that are potentially malicious for the SSH server; LoginGraceTime: Set to a resonable value, this option controls how much time the SSH server will wait the client to authenticate before dropping its connection; All the three option above needs to be set to implement a full mitigation for this vulnerability.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7270-1 OpenSSH vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhivos:1
Vendors & Products Redhat rhivos
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhivos
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhivos:1
Vendors & Products Redhat rhivos
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Canonical
Canonical ubuntu Linux
Debian
Debian debian Linux
Openbsd
Openbsd openssh
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:9.5:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:9.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:9.6:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:9.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:9.7:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:9.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:9.8:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:9.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:9.9:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Canonical
Canonical ubuntu Linux
Debian
Debian debian Linux
Openbsd
Openbsd openssh
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-770
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title openssh: Denial-of-service in OpenSSH Openssh: denial-of-service in openssh
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title openssh: Denial-of-service in OpenSSH
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 5, 2026, 3:26 PM
Reserved
Feb 10, 2025, 6:31 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 28, 2025, 10:15 PM
Modified
Nov 5, 2026, 4:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 18, 2025, 12:00 AM