Medium severity · published Sep 11, 2025
CVE-2025-48038
Unverified File Handles can Cause Excessive Use of System Resources
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 OTP 28.0.3, OTP 27.3.4.3 and OTP 26.2.5.15, corresponding to ssh from 3.0.1 before 5.3.3, 5.2.11.3 and 5.1.4.12.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OT
OTP · Erlang
3.0.1; 17.0; 07b8f441ca711f9812fad9e9115bab3c3aa92f79 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48038
cna.erlef.org
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48038.html
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/4e3bf86777ab3db7220c11d8ddabf15970ddd10a
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f09e0201ff701993dc24a08f15e524daf72db42f
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10156
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-pvj7-9652-7h9r
osv.dev
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-48038
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