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CVE-2023-25136 Details

Description

OpenSSH server (sshd) 9.1 introduced a double-free vulnerability during options.kex_algorithms handling. This is fixed in OpenSSH 9.2. The double free can be leveraged, by an unauthenticated remote attacker in the default configuration, to jump to any location in the sshd address space. One third-party report states "remote code execution is theoretically possible."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3522 CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.2/common/017_sshd.patch.sig CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/486c4dc3b83b4b67d663fb0fa62bc24138ec3946 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://jfrog.com/blog/openssh-pre-auth-double-free-cve-2023-25136-writeup-and-proof-of-concept/ CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JGAUIXJ3TEKCRKVWFQ6GDAGQFTIIGQQP/ CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-415Double Free[email protected]
CWE-415Double FreeCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-25136
NVD Published Date:
Feb 3, 2023
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]