---
id: CVE-2025-32728
title: >-
  In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.0, the DisableForwarding directive does not
  adhere to the documentation stating that it disables X11 and agent forwarding.
summary: >-
  In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.0, the DisableForwarding directive does not
  adhere to the documentation stating that it disables X11 and agent forwarding.
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-440
vendor: openbsd
product: openssh
affected:
  - 'openssh >= 7.4, < 10.0'
  - debian_linux = 11.0
patched:
  - openssh 10.0
published: '2025-04-10'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T02:17:48.267'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32728'
references:
  - url: 'https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.6/common/013_ssh.patch.sig'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/fc86875e6acb36401dfc1dfb6b628a9d1460f367
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: >-
      https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-dev/2025-April/041879.html
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-10.0'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00008.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250425-0002/'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00197
epssPercentile: 0.08728
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.809Z'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2025-04-10T18:35:34.531350Z'
---

## Overview

In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.0, the DisableForwarding directive does not adhere to the documentation stating that it disables X11 and agent forwarding.

## Affected

- `openssh >= 7.4, < 10.0`
- `debian_linux = 11.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `openssh 10.0`