CVE-2025-26465 – OpenSSH DNS Host Key Verification Denial of Service

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-26465 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution
of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may
impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A vulnerability was found in OpenSSH when the VerifyHostKeyDNS option is enabled. A machine-in-the-middle attack can be performed by a malicious machine impersonating a legit server. This issue occurs due to how OpenSSH mishandles error codes in specific conditions when verifying the host key. For an attack to be considered successful, the attacker needs to manage to exhaust the client’s memory resource first, turning the attack complexity high.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-390
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-26465
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2344780
  • CVE Modified
    by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Feb. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00020.html
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