| ID |
CVE-2026-48859
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| Sažetak |
Observable Timing Discrepancy vulnerability in Erlang/OTP ssh (ssh_auth, ssh_options modules) allows unauthenticated remote username enumeration via timing side-channel in password authentication.
When the SSH daemon is configured with the user_passwords or password option, ssh_auth:check_password/3 performs a PBKDF2-SHA256 computation with 600,000 iterations (~300ms) for valid usernames, but returns immediately (~0ms) for invalid usernames via the ssh_options:get_password_option/2 path. This timing difference is detectable in a single authentication attempt and allows an unauthenticated attacker to distinguish valid from invalid usernames.
The user_passwords and password options are documented as intended for test purposes; the recommended alternative is pwdfun, which is not affected by this vulnerability.
This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ssh/src/ssh_auth.erl and lib/ssh/src/ssh_options.erl.
This issue affects OTP from OTP 29.0 before 29.0.2 corresponding to ssh from 6.0 before 6.0.1. |
| Reference |
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| CVSS |
| Base: | 5.3 |
| Impact: | 1.4 |
| Exploitability: | 3.9 |
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| Pristup |
| Vektor | Složenost | Autentikacija |
| NETWORK |
LOW |
NONE |
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| Impact |
| Povjerljivost | Cjelovitost | Dostupnost |
| LOW |
NONE |
NONE |
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| CVSS vektor |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| Zadnje važnije ažuriranje |
15-06-2026 - 18:23 |
| Objavljeno |
10-06-2026 - 16:17 |
