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 from OTP 17.0 before OTP 28.0.3, OTP 27.3.4.3 and OTP 26.2.5.15, corresponding to ssh from 3.0.1 before 5.3.3, 5.2.11.3 and 5.1.4.12.
References7
- cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48038.html
- github.com/erlang/otp/commit/4e3bf86777ab3db7220c11d8ddabf15970…
- github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f09e0201ff701993dc24a08f15e524daf7…
- github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10156
- github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-pvj7-9652-7h9r
- osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-48038
- www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
Metrics
- CVSS 4.0
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5.3
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
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 - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 33 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-400CWE-770
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