usn-7443-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-04-17 14:04
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
erlang vulnerability
Details

Fabian Bäumer, Marcel Maehren, Marcus Brinkmann, and Jörg Schwenk discovered that Erlang OTP’s SSH module incorrect handled authentication. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary commands without authentication, possibly leading to a system compromise.

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Fabian B\u00e4umer, Marcel Maehren, Marcus Brinkmann, and J\u00f6rg Schwenk\ndiscovered that Erlang OTP\u2019s SSH module incorrect handled authentication. A\nremote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary commands without\nauthentication, possibly leading to a system compromise.\n",
  "id": "USN-7443-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:19Z",
  "published": "2025-04-17T14:04:44Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7443-1"
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    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "erlang vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-32433"
  ]
}



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Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.