CVE-2025-61984 LOW

CVE-2025-61984

Vendor Openbsd
Product OpenSSH
Weakness CWE-159
Published October 6, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

3.6/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows control characters in usernames that originate from certain possibly untrusted sources, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used. The untrusted sources are the command line and %-sequence expansion of a configuration file. (A configuration file that provides a complete literal username is not categorized as an untrusted source.)

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 6, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated