CVE-2025-61984

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 19.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

3.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-14.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-10-06 00:00Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-14 12:43Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.6)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-159Improper Handling of Invalid Use of Special ElementsClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

a37c9111f8dc2a6cbfef8dd3cc68c821c98f3558207912aa2e9b351ec183249c

• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/06/1
• marc.infohttps://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=175974522032149&w=2
• www.openssh.comhttps://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#10.1p1
• dgl.cxhttps://dgl.cx/2025/10/bash-a-newline-ssh-proxycommand-cve-2025-61984exploit
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/07/1
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/12/1
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-61984-detection-script-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-affecting-openssh
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-61984-mitigation-script-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-affecting-openssh
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html