MEDIUM 4.5 Microsoft
CVE-2025-61985
ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows the '\0' character in an ssh:// URI, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used.
Microsoft Security Update 2025-Oct: ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows the '\0' character in an ssh:// URI, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used.
Affected Products
- azl3 openssh 9.8p1-4 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 openssh 9.8p1-5 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 openssh 8.9p1-8 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- cbl2 openssh 8.9p1-9 on CBL Mariner 2.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-61985
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61985
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.5 was published on 2025-10-14 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 openssh 9.8p1-4 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 openssh 9.8p1-5 on Azure Linux 3.0, cbl2 openssh 8.9p1-8 on CBL Mariner 2.0 and 1 more.
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