CVE-2025-26466
MEDIUMOpenbsd Openssh - Resource Allocation Without Limits
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
Exploits (4)
github
WRITEUP
1 stars
by dolutech · shellpoc
https://github.com/dolutech/patch-manual-CVE-2025-26465-e-CVE-2025-26466
References (15)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.6287
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (10)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
24.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
24.10
debian/debian_linux
11.0
debian/debian_linux
12.0
debian/debian_linux
13.0
openbsd/openssh
9.5 p1
openbsd/openssh
9.6 (2 CPE variants)
openbsd/openssh
9.7 (2 CPE variants)
openbsd/openssh
9.8 (2 CPE variants)
openbsd/openssh
9.9 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Feb 28, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026