RLSA-2025:23480

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Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:23480
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2025:23480.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2025:23480
Upstream
  • CVE-2025-61984
  • CVE-2025-61985
Published
2026-05-21T16:27:07.119420Z
Modified
2026-05-21T17:00:10.232549052Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: openssh security update
Details

OpenSSH is an SSH protocol implementation supported by a number of Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. It includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH client and server.

Security Fix(es):

  • openssh: OpenSSH: Control characters in usernames can lead to code execution via ProxyCommand (CVE-2025-61984)

  • openssh: OpenSSH: Null character in ssh:// URI can lead to code execution via ProxyCommand (CVE-2025-61985)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/openssh?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:8.7p1-47.el9_7.rocky.0.1
Database specific 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2025:23480.json"