Which versions of Erlang OTP are affected by CVE-2025-48040?

CVE-2025-48040 presents notable security risk, a resource exhaustion vulnerability rated CVSS 6.9. Service availability could be impacted.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-48040?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Erlang OTP CVE-2025-48040

Q: What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-48040?

CVE-2025-48040 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 6.9 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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 exploitation probability: 0.1%.

MEDIUM

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2025-09-11 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db

Denial Of Service

6.9

CVSS 4.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.9 MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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

SUSE

5.3 MEDIUM

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

Red Hat

5.3 MEDIUM

qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Apr 06, 2026 - 08:30 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:11 vuln.today

CVE Published

Sep 11, 2025 - 09:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.9

DescriptionCVE.org

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption 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 form OTP 17.0 until OTP 28.0.3, OTP 27.3.4.3 and 26.2.5.15 corresponding to ssh from 3.0.1 until 5.3.3, 5.2.11.3 and 5.1.4.12.

AnalysisAI

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh (ssh_sftp modules) allows Excessive Allocation, Flooding. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. Uncontrolled Resource Consumption 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.0 until OTP 28.0.3, OTP 27.3.4.3 and 26.2.5.15 corresponding to ssh from 3.0.1 until 5.3.3, 5.2.11.3 and 5.1.4.12.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.

Same weakness CWE-400 – Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium

Product	Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0	Fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6	Fixed
openSUSE Leap 16.0	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0	Affected

CVE-2025-48040 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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CVSS VectorNVD

Lifecycle Timeline

DescriptionCVE.org

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

Affected ProductsAI

RemediationAI

Same weakness CWE-400 – Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Same technique Denial Of Service

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

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