CVE-2025-61985
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows the '\0' character in an ssh:// URI, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:10.0p1-7+deb13u1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:10.1p1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:10.1p1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u7 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u8 |
Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | — |
References
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:23481
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23480
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61985.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-61985
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23481
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2401960
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2401962
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-23481.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-23480.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.