6.3

CVE-2026-48859

SSH server timing side-channel in ssh_auth:check_password/3 allows unauthenticated username enumeration

Observable Timing Discrepancy vulnerability in Erlang/OTP ssh (ssh_auth, ssh_options modules) allows unauthenticated remote username enumeration via timing side-channel in password authentication.

When the SSH daemon is configured with the user_passwords or password option, ssh_auth:check_password/3 performs a PBKDF2-SHA256 computation with 600,000 iterations (~300ms) for valid usernames, but returns immediately (~0ms) for invalid usernames via the ssh_options:get_password_option/2 path. This timing difference is detectable in a single authentication attempt and allows an unauthenticated attacker to distinguish valid from invalid usernames.

The user_passwords and password options are documented as intended for test purposes; the recommended alternative is pwdfun, which is not affected by this vulnerability.

This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ssh/src/ssh_auth.erl and lib/ssh/src/ssh_options.erl.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 29.0 before 29.0.2 corresponding to ssh from 6.0 before 6.0.1.
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Erlang ≫ Erlang/ssh Version >= 6.0 < 6.0.1
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.35% 0.271
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.3 3.9 1.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db 6.3 0 0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy

Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
Product
https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-3w6p-vwhf-wvp4
Vendor Advisory
Mitigation
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-48859.html
Third Party Advisory
Mitigation
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-48859
Third Party Advisory
Mitigation
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/c342092ef4b369bb409d5b71ac8fd83bab74aedf
Patch