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Echo: openssh: security update to 1:10.2p1-3

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 458465

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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 %-sequence expansion of a configuration file. (A configuration file that
 provides a complete literal username is not categorized as an untrusted source.) (CVE-2025-61984)

Solution

Update the openssh library and its related packages to version 1:10.2p1-3 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-61984

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 458465

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.1

Percentile: 53.65

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.4

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61984

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61984

IAVA: 2025-A-0729-S