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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 a…

Medium CVSS 6.5
CVECVE-2023-25136
First seen2026-10-15 01:01 UTC
Disclosed2023-02-03 06:15 UTC
Last updated2026-10-15 01:01 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

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."

In-depth triage

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD