Resource exhaustion in otp - CVE-2025-48038

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU117390

Resource exhaustion in otp - CVE-2025-48038

Published: October 20, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU117390
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48038
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote SFTP user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

otp
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
Ubuntu
Server Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
erlang (Ubuntu package)
erlang-asn1
erlang-inets
erlang-common_test
erlang-compiler
erlang-crypto
erlang-debugger
erlang-debuginfo
erlang-debugsource
erlang-dialyzer
erlang-diameter
erlang-edoc
erlang-eldap
erlang-erl_docgen
erlang-erl_interface
erlang-erts
erlang-et
erlang-eunit
erlang-examples
erlang-ftp
erlang-hipe
erlang-jinterface
erlang-sasl
erlang-kernel
erlang-megaco
erlang-mnesia
erlang-observer
erlang-odbc
erlang-os_mon
erlang-parsetools
erlang-public_key
erlang-reltool
erlang-runtime_tools
erlang
erlang-snmp
erlang-ssh
erlang-ssl
erlang-stdlib
erlang-syntax_tools
erlang-tftp
erlang-tools
erlang-wx
erlang-xmerl
erlang-observer-src
erlang-dialyzer-src
erlang-jinterface-src
erlang-debugger-src
erlang-doc
erlang-et-src
erlang-diameter-src
erlang-reltool-src
erlang-wx-src
erlang-src
erlang-dialyzer-debuginfo
erlang-epmd
erlang-epmd-debuginfo
erlang-wx-debuginfo
erlang26-debugger-src
erlang26-epmd-debuginfo
erlang26-wx
erlang26-dialyzer
erlang26-reltool
erlang26-observer-src
erlang26-jinterface-src
erlang26-wx-src
erlang26-src
erlang26-doc
erlang26-jinterface
erlang26-diameter
erlang26
erlang26-et-src
erlang26-diameter-src
erlang26-epmd
erlang26-et
erlang26-wx-debuginfo
erlang26-reltool-src
erlang26-debuginfo
erlang26-dialyzer-debuginfo
erlang26-observer
erlang26-dialyzer-src
erlang26-debugsource
erlang26-debugger

How to mitigate CVE-2025-48038

Install updates from vendor's website.

otp - addressed in versions 26.2.5.15, 27.3.4.3, 28.0.3
erlang (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:16.b.3-dfsg-1ubuntu2.2+esm1, 1:18.3-dfsg-1ubuntu3.1+esm2, 1:20.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm2, 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5+esm1, 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.6, 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5, 1:27.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3, 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
erlang-asn1 - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-inets - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-common_test - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-compiler - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-crypto - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-debugger - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-debuginfo - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-debugsource - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-dialyzer - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-diameter - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-edoc - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-eldap - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-erl_docgen - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-erl_interface - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-erts - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-et - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-eunit - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-examples - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-ftp - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-hipe - update to 23.3.4.9-8
erlang-jinterface - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-sasl - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-kernel - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-megaco - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-mnesia - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-observer - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-odbc - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-os_mon - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-parsetools - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-public_key - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-reltool - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-runtime_tools - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-snmp - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-ssh - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-ssl - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-stdlib - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-syntax_tools - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-tftp - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-tools - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-wx - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-xmerl - addressed in versions 23.3.4.9-8, 25.3.2.6-10
erlang-observer-src - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-et - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-dialyzer-src - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-dialyzer - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-jinterface-src - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-debugger-src - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-debuginfo - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-doc - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-et-src - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-debugsource - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-diameter-src - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-reltool-src - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-observer - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-wx-src - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-src - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-dialyzer-debuginfo - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-jinterface - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-diameter - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-epmd - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-wx - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-epmd-debuginfo - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-debugger - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-wx-debuginfo - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-reltool - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang - update to 23.3.4.19-150300.3.29.1
erlang-src - update to 25.3.2.6-10
erlang26-debugger-src - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-epmd-debuginfo - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-wx - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-dialyzer - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-reltool - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-observer-src - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-jinterface-src - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-wx-src - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-src - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-doc - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-jinterface - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-diameter - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26 - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-et-src - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-diameter-src - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-epmd - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-et - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-wx-debuginfo - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-reltool-src - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-debuginfo - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-dialyzer-debuginfo - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-observer - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-dialyzer-src - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-debugsource - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1
erlang26-debugger - update to 26.2.1-150300.7.22.1

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