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CVE-2025-58181

SSH servers parsing GSSAPI authentication requests do not validate the number of mechanisms specified in the request, allowing an attacker to cause unbounded memory consumption.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.56%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

SSH servers parsing GSSAPI authentication requests do not validate the number of mechanisms specified in the request, allowing an attacker to cause unbounded memory consumption.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
0.56% probability · 45th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-770
Affected
golang/crypto
Source
security@golang.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.