{"id":"CVE-2025-48038","title":"Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh (ssh_sftp modules) allows Excessive Allocation, Resource Leak Exposure","summary":"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.\n\n…","severity":"none","cwe":["CWE-400","CWE-770"],"published":"2025-09-11","updated":"2026-07-24","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48038","references":[{"url":"https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2025-48038.html","label":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"},{"url":"https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/4e3bf86777ab3db7220c11d8ddabf15970ddd10a","label":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"},{"url":"https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f09e0201ff701993dc24a08f15e524daf72db42f","label":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"},{"url":"https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/10156","label":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"},{"url":"https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-pvj7-9652-7h9r","label":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"},{"url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2025-48038","label":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"},{"url":"https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions","label":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00385,"epssPercentile":0.32469,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-24T15:30:57.865Z","slug":"CVE-2025-48038","body":"## Overview\n\nAllocation 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.\n\nThis 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}