MSRC_CVE-2025-61985
Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2025-10-02 00:00 - Updated: 2025-10-08 01:02Summary
ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows the '\0' character in an ssh:// URI, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used.
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