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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-26465

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-26465 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.800000190734863 MEDIUM

A vulnerability was found in OpenSSH when the VerifyHostKeyDNS option is enabled. A machine-in-the-middle attack can be performed by a malicious machine impersonating a legit server. This issue occurs due to how OpenSSH mishandles error codes in specific conditions when verifying the host key. For an attack to be considered successful, the attacker needs to manage to exhaust the client's memory resource first, turning the attack complexity high.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13openssh0, 0
Debian:12openssh1:9.2p1-2+deb12u1, 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u2, 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u3
Debian:14openssh0, 0
Debian:11openssh*, 0, 8.4

Timeline

  • Feb 18, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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