Linux · Security advisory · December 18, 2025

ELSA-2025-23480: Security update for 6 packages

ELSA-2025-23480, released December 18, 2025, fixes 2 CVEs across 6 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVEs closed
2
None rated Critical
Exploited
0
None reported
Exploitation more likely
0
Vendor assessment
Highest EPSS
0.0046
40th percentile

Priority of the 2 CVEs

Patch now 0 Urgent 0 High 0 Routine 2

Fixed package versions

ProductReleaseFixed in
opensshol 90:8.7p1-47.0.1.el9_7
openssh-askpassol 90:8.7p1-47.0.1.el9_7
openssh-clientsol 90:8.7p1-47.0.1.el9_7
openssh-keycatol 90:8.7p1-47.0.1.el9_7
openssh-serverol 90:8.7p1-47.0.1.el9_7
pam_ssh_agent_authol 90:0.10.4-5.47.0.1.el9_7

CVEs this fix closes

PriorityCVETitleImpactCVSSEPSSExploitation
Routine CVE-2025-61984 ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows control characters in usernames that originate from certain possibly untrusted sources, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used. The untrusted sources are the command line and %-sequence expansion of a configuration file. (A configuration file that provides a complete literal username is not categorized as an untrusted source.) 5.3 0.0046 None reported
Routine CVE-2025-61985 ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows the '\0' character in an ssh:// URI, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used. 5.3 0.0013 None reported
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