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🛡️ CVE-2025-26465 — active-iq-unified-manager

🟡 CVSS 6.8 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-390 NVD
6.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A vulnerability was found in OpenSSH when the VerifyHostKeyDNS option is enabled. A machine-in-the-middle attack can be performed by a malicious machine impersonating a legit server. This issue occurs due to how OpenSSH mishandles error codes in specific conditions when verifying the host key. For an attack to be considered successful, the attacker needs to manage to exhaust the client's memory resource first, turning the attack complexity high.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-26465 is classified as CWE-390: Detection of Error Condition Without Action. The product detects a specific error, but takes no actions to handle the error.

Affected software

CVE-2025-26465 is recorded against 6 packages.

  • active-iq-unified-manager
  • debian-linux
  • enterprise-linux
  • ontap
  • openshift-container-platform
  • openssh

Timeline and source

Published on 18 February 2025 and last revised on 14 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
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access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
seclists.org
seclists.org
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blog.qualys.com
bugzilla.suse.com
ftp.openbsd.org
lists.debian.org
lists.mindrot.org
security-tracker.debian.org
security.netapp.com
ubuntu.com
www.openssh.com
www.openwall.com
www.openwall.com
www.theregister.com
www.vicarius.io
www.vicarius.io
cert-portal.siemens.com
cert-portal.siemens.com
seclists.org

Other advisories for this package

active-iq-unified-manager has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-390: Detection of Error Condition Without Action) in other software:

CVE-2025-26465 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-390
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-02-18
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-14

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
active-iq-unified-manager
debian-linux
enterprise-linux
ontap
openshift-container-platform
openssh

References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2344780
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2025/q1/144
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2025/q1/144

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