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CVE-2025-61985

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Date: October 5, 2025

ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows the '\0' character in an ssh:// URI, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used.

Severity Score

3.6

Related Resources (5)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61985

Url: https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#10.1p1

Url: https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=175974522032149&w=2

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/06/1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2025-61985

Severity Score

3.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character

CWE-158

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable.git - V_10_1_P1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.6
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

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