CVE-2025-58181
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BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-11-19
Last updated on: 2025-12-11
Assigner: Go Project
Description
Description
SSH servers parsing GSSAPI authentication requests do not validate the number of mechanisms specified in the request, allowing an attacker to cause unbounded memory consumption.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| golang | crypto | to 0.45.0 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-770 | The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability occurs in SSH servers when they parse GSSAPI authentication requests without validating the number of mechanisms specified. An attacker can exploit this by sending a request with an excessive number of mechanisms, causing the server to consume an unbounded amount of memory.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can lead to unbounded memory consumption on the affected SSH server, potentially causing denial of service due to resource exhaustion.
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