Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character Affecting openssh-clients package, versions <8.4p1-150300.3.57.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-OPENSSHCLIENTS-14041024
  • published18 Nov 2025
  • disclosed15 Nov 2025

Introduced: 15 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-61985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-158  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 openssh-clients to version 8.4p1-150300.3.57.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssh-clients package and not the openssh-clients package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows the '\0' character in an ssh:// URI, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1