Failure to Sanitize Special Element Affecting openssh-server-config-rootlogin package, versions <10.0p2-160000.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-OPENSSHSERVERCONFIGROOTLOGIN-14375798
  • published11 Dec 2025
  • disclosed28 Nov 2025

Introduced: 28 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-61984  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-159  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 openssh-server-config-rootlogin to version 10.0p2-160000.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssh-server-config-rootlogin package and not the openssh-server-config-rootlogin package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.)

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1