Upstream information

CVE-2025-61984 at MITRE

Description

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.)

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Analysis

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (MITRE) SUSE
Base Score 3.6 3.6
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low Low
Integrity Impact Low Low
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 2
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Attack Requirements Present
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low
Vulnerable System Availability Impact None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1251198 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 openssh Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.6 openssh Analysis
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-EC2-CHOST-HVM-BYOS openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-Azure openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-GCE openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-GCE openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE openssh Analysis
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 openssh Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 openssh Analysis
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 openssh Analysis
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 openssh Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 openssh Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 openssh Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 openssh Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 openssh Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 openssh Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 openssh Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 openssh Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 openssh Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 openssh Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 openssh Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.3 openssh Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.4 openssh Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.5 openssh Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 openssh Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 openssh Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 openssh Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 openssh Analysis
Container Status
ses/7.1/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/7.1/rook/ceph
ses/7/ceph/ceph
ses/7/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/7/rook/ceph
suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node
suse/manager/4.3/proxy-ssh
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/proxy-ssh
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-ssh
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4
suse/sle-micro/5.5
trento/trento-runner
opensshAnalysis


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Oct 6 22:00:57 2025
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 7 14:38:46 2025