PoC Index

CVE-2025-26465

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 7.6%

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.

CVSS v3.1
6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v3.1
6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
7.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile
Published
2025-02-18
Updated
2026-07-14

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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