High severity · published Feb 26, 2025
CVE-2025-22869
Potential denial of service in golang.org/x/crypto
7.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SSH servers which implement file transfer protocols are vulnerable to a denial of service attack from clients which complete the key exchange slowly, or not at all, causing pending content to be read into memory, but never transmitted.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GO
golang.org/x/crypto/ssh · golang.org/x/crypto
before 0.35.0 · source: vendor
SS
Ssh · GO
before 0.35.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22869
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22869
Patch
https://go.dev/cl/652135
Issue Tracking
https://go.dev/issue/71931
Vendor Advisory
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3487
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250411-0010/
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