Unverified File Handles can Cause Excessive Use of System Resources (Erlang OTP)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.39 % · percentile 34 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- EEF
- NVD status
- Deferred
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 OTPÂ 28.0.3, OTPÂ 27.3.4.3 and OTPÂ 26.2.5.15, corresponding to ssh from 3.0.1 before 5.3.3, 5.2.11.3 and 5.1.4.12.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-pvj7-9652-7h9r
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48038.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-48038
- https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10156
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/4e3bf86777ab3db7220c11d8ddabf15970ddd10a
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f09e0201ff701993dc24a08f15e524daf72db42f
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 5.3 | 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 | EEF |
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 5.3 | 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 | NVD · 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-27679
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-48038
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Erlang · OTP | affected 3.0.1 < * |
| Erlang · OTP | affected 17.0 < * ; affected 07b8f441ca711f9812fad9e9115bab3c3aa92f79 < * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |