Security Flaw in OpenSSH Affecting SSH Forwarding Capabilities
CVE-2025-32728

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
OpenBSD
Status
Openssh
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 April 2025

Summary

A vulnerability in OpenSSH's sshd component prior to version 10.0 allows the DisableForwarding directive to not function as documented, thereby failing to disable X11 and agent forwarding as intended. This oversight could lead to potential unauthorized access or data exposure, compromising the security posture of systems using affected versions.

Affected Version(s)

OpenSSH 7.4 < 10.0

References

https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-dev/2025...
https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-10.0
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/fc8687...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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