Bug 2401962 (CVE-2025-61985) - CVE-2025-61985 openssh: OpenSSH: Null character in ssh:// URI can lead to code execution via ProxyCommand
Summary: CVE-2025-61985 openssh: OpenSSH: Null character in ssh:// URI can lead to cod...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-61985
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2402669 2402670
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-10-06 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-02-03 13:22 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:23479 0 None None None 2025-12-17 14:05:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:23480 0 None None None 2025-12-17 16:33:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:23481 0 None None None 2025-12-17 17:28:02 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:0693 0 None None None 2026-01-15 11:39:19 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:0976 0 None None None 2026-01-22 09:03:09 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:1678 0 None None None 2026-02-02 08:05:08 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:1790 0 None None None 2026-02-03 06:58:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:1815 0 None None None 2026-02-03 13:22:23 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-06 19:01:40 UTC 
ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows the '\0' character in an ssh:// URI, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used.
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-12-17 14:05:49 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2025:23479 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23479
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2025-12-17 16:33:25 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:23480 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23480
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2025-12-17 17:28:00 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2025:23481 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23481
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-15 11:39:18 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:0693 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0693
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-22 09:03:08 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:0976 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0976
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-02 08:05:06 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:1678 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1678
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-03 06:58:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:1790 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1790
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-03 13:22:22 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:1815 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1815
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