7.5
HIGH
CVE-2025-22869
OpenSSH Slow Key Exchange Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 26, 2025, 8:14 a.m.

Last Modified :

May 1, 2025, 7:28 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-22869 has a 8 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-22869 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Go ssh
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-22869.

URL Resource
https://go.dev/cl/652135 Patch
https://go.dev/issue/71931 Issue Tracking Patch
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3487 Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250411-0010/ Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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kaisensan/desafio-girus-pick

None

Makefile Smarty Dockerfile Shell HCL JavaScript Go HTML TypeScript CSS

Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 30, 2025, 6:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 37 different CVEs too.
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11notes/docker-homeassistant

Run Home Assistant smaller, lightweight and more secure than ever

Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
7 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 3, 2025, 8:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.
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TAMULib/metadb-docker

Contains the build files for https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/tamulibraries/metadb/

Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 30, 2025, 9:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.
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fleaz/trivy-renderer

Render the CRDs from the Trivy Operatr as ASCII tables in your terminal

kubernetes trivy trivy-operator

Go

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 22, 2025, 9:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.
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Eleson-Souza/security-scan-pipeline

None

JavaScript HTML CSS TypeScript

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 20, 2025, 9:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.
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11notes/docker-github-runner

github runner

Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 4, 2025, 9:38 p.m. This repo has been linked 43 different CVEs too.
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runwhen-contrib/helm-charts

All Public RunWhen Helm Charts - Managed by terraform

Smarty Shell Dockerfile

Updated: 2 days, 5 hours ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 18, 2023, 10:09 a.m. This repo has been linked 84 different CVEs too.
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vvatanabe/vvatanabe

Hello;D

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 20, 2022, 11:09 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-22869 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cyber Security News
Splunk Address Third Party Packages Vulnerabilities in Enterprise Versions – Update Now

Splunk has released critical security updates addressing multiple Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in third-party packages across Enterprise versions 9.4.3, 9.3.5, 9.2.7, 9.1.10, and higher ... Read more

Published Date: Jul 09, 2025 (3 weeks, 4 days ago)
CVE-2025-48818 CVE-2025-23389 CVE-2025-23388 CVE-2025-23387 CVE-2025-22870 CVE-2025-27414 CVE-2025-22952 CVE-2025-22869 CVE-2025-22868 CVE-2025-0725 ...+15 more CVE

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-22869 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.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 01, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:go:ssh:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.35.0
    Added Reference Type Go Project: https://go.dev/cl/652135 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type Go Project: https://go.dev/issue/71931 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added Reference Type Go Project: https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3487 Types: Vendor Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250411-0010/ Types: Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Apr. 11, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250411-0010/
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Feb. 26, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-770
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added Reference https://go.dev/cl/652135
    Added Reference https://go.dev/issue/71931
    Added Reference https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3487
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-22869 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-22869 weaknesses.

CAPEC-125: Flooding Flooding CAPEC-130: Excessive Allocation Excessive Allocation CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death XML Ping of the Death CAPEC-197: Exponential Data Expansion Exponential Data Expansion CAPEC-229: Serialized Data Parameter Blowup Serialized Data Parameter Blowup CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-469: HTTP DoS HTTP DoS CAPEC-482: TCP Flood TCP Flood CAPEC-486: UDP Flood UDP Flood CAPEC-487: ICMP Flood ICMP Flood CAPEC-488: HTTP Flood HTTP Flood CAPEC-489: SSL Flood SSL Flood CAPEC-490: Amplification Amplification CAPEC-491: Quadratic Data Expansion Quadratic Data Expansion CAPEC-493: SOAP Array Blowup SOAP Array Blowup CAPEC-494: TCP Fragmentation TCP Fragmentation CAPEC-495: UDP Fragmentation UDP Fragmentation CAPEC-496: ICMP Fragmentation ICMP Fragmentation CAPEC-528: XML Flood XML Flood
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