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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2025-22869

High
7.5/10

Summary

SSH servers which implement file transfer protocols are vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack from clients which complete the key exchange slowly, or not at all, causing pending content to be read into memory, but never transmitted. This issue affects golang.org/x/crypto versions prior to 0.35.0.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published