Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package rhcos (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHCOS-13529368
- published10 Oct 2025
- disclosed6 Oct 2025
Introduced: 6 Oct 2025
CVE-2025-61985 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:7.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rhcos package and not the rhcos package as distributed by RHEL.
ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows the '\0' character in an ssh:// URI, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61985
- https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=175974522032149&w=2
- https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#10.1p1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/06/1
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html