CVE-2025-61984 (GCVE-0-2025-61984)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-06 00:00
Modified
2025-11-11 14:50
Severity ?
3.6 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-159 - Improper Handling of Invalid Use of Special Elements
Summary
ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows control characters in usernames that originate from certain possibly untrusted sources, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used. The untrusted sources are the command line and %-sequence expansion of a configuration file. (A configuration file that provides a complete literal username is not categorized as an untrusted source.)
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OpenBSD OpenSSH Version: 0   < 10.1
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