CVE-2025-48038
Unverified File Handles can Cause Excessive Use of System Resources
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.2%
EPSS Percentile
36th
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 form OTP 17.0 until OTP 28.0.3, OTP 27.3.4.3 and 26.2.5.15 corresponding to ssh from 3.0.1 until 5.3.3, 5.2.11.3 and 5.1.4.12.
| CWE | CWE-770 CWE-400 |
| Vendor | erlang |
| Product | otp |
| Published | Sep 11, 2025 |
| Last Updated | Apr 7, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Erlang / OTP
3.0.1 < *
Erlang / OTP
17.0 < * 07b8f441ca711f9812fad9e9115bab3c3aa92f79 < *
References
github.com: https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-pvj7-9652-7h9r cna.erlef.org: https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48038.html osv.dev: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-48038 erlang.org: https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions github.com: https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10156 github.com: https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/4e3bf86777ab3db7220c11d8ddabf15970ddd10a github.com: https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f09e0201ff701993dc24a08f15e524daf72db42f
Credits
Jakub Witczak Ingela Andin