CVE-2025-48041: erlang otp Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-48041 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in erlang otp. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2Timeline
- 11-09-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 24-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh (ssh_sftp modules) allows Excessive Allocation, Flooding. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ssh/src/ssh_sftpd.erl. This 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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVDNIST7.1HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS trend
Probability
0.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
32%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.39% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionThe product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
- CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingThe product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.
Affected systems
Suse18 products
- erlang26&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6< 26.2.1-150300.7.19.1
- erlang26&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7< 26.2.1-150300.7.19.1
- erlang&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 23.3.4.19-150300.3.26.1
- erlang&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 23.3.4.19-150300.3.26.1
- erlang&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 23.3.4.19-150300.3.26.1
Opensuse2 products
- erlang26&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 26.2.1-150300.7.19.1
- erlang&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 23.3.4.19-150300.3.26.1
Debian1 product
- erlang< 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1+deb12u4 | < 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u1 | < 1:27.3.4.3+dfsg-1
Erlang1 product
- otp≥ 3.0.1 (No fix recorded) | ≥ 17.0 (No fix recorded) | ≥ 07b8f441ca711f9812fad9e9115bab3c3aa92f79 (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
- erlang< 1:16.b.3-dfsg-1ubuntu2.2+esm1 | < 1:18.3-dfsg-1ubuntu3.1+esm2 | < 1:20.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm2 | < 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5+esm1 | < 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.6 | < 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5 | < 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
5 vendors · 23 products
