High severity · published Sep 11, 2025
CVE-2025-48041
SSH_FXP_OPENDIR may Lead to Exhaustion of File Handles
7.1
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, Flooding. 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 33% 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-2025-48041
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48041
cna.erlef.org
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48041.html
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/5f9af63eec4657a37663828d206517828cb9f288
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/d49efa2d4fa9e6f7ee658719cd76ffe7a33c2401
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10157
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-79c4-cvv7-4qm3
osv.dev
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-48041
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