A flaw was found in the OpenSSH package. For each ping packet the SSH server receives, a pong packet is allocated in a memory buffer and stored in a queue of packages. It is only freed when the server/client key exchange has finished. A malicious client may keep sending such packages, leading to an uncontrolled increase in memory consumption on the server side. Consequently, the server may become unavailable, resulting in a denial of service attack.
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Information
Published : 2025-02-28 22:15
Updated : 2026-10-21 17:17
NVD link : CVE-2025-26466
Mitre link : CVE-2025-26466
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-26466
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
openbsd
- openssh
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
