Linux · Rocky Linux · Security advisory · December 18, 2025

RLSA-2025:23481: openssh security update

RLSA-2025:23481, released December 18, 2025, fixes 2 CVEs in openssh (version 0:8.0p1-27.el8_10). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVEs closed
2
None rated Critical
Exploited
0
None reported
Highest CVSS
5.3
Base score, 0 to 10
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
opensshrocky 80:8.0p1-27.el8_10

CVEs this fix closes

PriorityCVETitleCVSSEPSSExploitation
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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