What is CVE-2025-61984?

CVE-2025-61984 is a low-severity vulnerability in Openbsd Openssh, classified under CWE-159. CVSS score: 3.6/10. Published 2025-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2025-61984?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-61984 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Openbsd Openssh

CVE-2025-61984

ssh in OpenSSH before 10.1 allows control characters in usernames that originate from certain possibly untrusted sources, potentially leading to code execution when a ProxyCommand is used. The untrusted sources are the command line and %-s…

EPSS: 0.000 (1.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.6 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Openbsd Openssh — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-159

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-61984?: CVE-2025-61984 is a low-severity vulnerability in Openbsd Openssh, classified under CWE-159. CVSS score: 3.6/10. Published 2025-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2025-61984?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-61984 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.