CVE-2025-22869
cAdvisor vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-22869 was discovered in the golang.org/x/crypto package, specifically affecting SSH servers that implement file transfer protocols. The vulnerability was disclosed on February 26, 2025. The issue affects SSH server implementations before golang.org/x/crypto/ssh v0.35.0 (Go Packages, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a resource allocation issue (CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling). It has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating a high-severity vulnerability with network access vector and no required privileges or user interaction (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability enables a denial of service attack against SSH servers. When exploited, it allows attackers to cause pending content to be read into memory without being transmitted, potentially leading to resource exhaustion (NVD, Go Packages).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh version v0.35.0. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the vulnerability (Go Packages).

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