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Medium RLSA-2025:23481 2 CVEs

Moderate: openssh security update

Published Dec 18, 2025 · Updated Dec 18, 2025

Summary

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 openssh 0:8.0p1-27.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401960
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401962