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Medium · CVSS 6.9CVE-2026-23943

Pre-auth SSH DoS via unbounded zlib inflateCVE-2026-23943

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-23943 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in Pre-auth SSH DoS via unbounded zlib inflate. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Erlang/erlang/otp (generic), Erlang/OTP (generic), Erlang/OTP (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Mar 13, 2026Updated Nov 11, 2026Source checked Nov 11, 2026First seen by HOL Nov 11, 2026Material review Nov 11, 2026
Upstream Advisory

Record context

Vulnerability class
Missing Auth
EPSS
Not reported
CWE IDs
CWE-409
Source
CVE List V5
Source checked
Nov 11, 2026
References
8 linked sources
Open source record

Key facts

Risk
Medium · CVSS 6.9
Exploitation
Not marked as known exploited
Affected software
3 mapped packages or products
Fix availability
Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 6.9. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Erlang/erlang/otp (generic), Erlang/OTP (generic), Erlang/OTP (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
PackageAffected rangeFixed version
Erlang/erlang/otpgeneric>=07b8f441ca711f9812fad9e9115bab3c3aa92f79 <**
Erlang/OTPgeneric>=17.0 <**
Erlang/OTPgeneric>=3.0.1 <**

Recommended response

  1. 1Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Erlang/erlang/otp, Erlang/OTP, Erlang/OTP.
  2. 2Review the reported fix. Source-reported workaround: Best workaround - Disable all compression: {preferred_algorithms, [{compression, ['none']}]} Alternative mitigations (less secure): * Disable only pre-auth zlib compression (authenticated users can still exploit via [email protected]): {modify_algorithms, [{rm, [{compression, ['zlib']}]}]} * Limit concurrent sessions (reduces attack surface but does not prevent exploitation): {max_sessions, N} % Cap total concurrent sessions (default is infinity)

Evidence timeline and material changes

  1. Published upstream

    Mar 13, 2026

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record

  2. Source modified

    Nov 11, 2026

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record

  3. First seen by HOL

    Nov 11, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

  • Source referencecna.erlef.org
  • GitHub security advisorygithub.com
  • GitHub security advisorygithub.com
  • GitHub security advisorygithub.com
  • GitHub security advisorygithub.com
  • GitHub security advisorygithub.com
  • Source referenceosv.dev
  • Source referenceerlang.org
Upstream source description

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Compression Bomb) vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh (ssh_transport modules) allows Denial of Service via Resource Depletion. The SSH transport layer advertises legacy zlib compression by default and inflates attacker-controlled payloads pre-authentication without any size limit, enabling reliable memory exhaustion DoS. Two compression algorithms are affected: * zlib: Activates immediately after key exchange, enabling unauthenticated attacks * [email protected]: Activates post-authentication, enabling authenticated attacks Each SSH packet can decompress ~255 MB from 256 KB of wire data (1029:1 amplification ratio). Multiple packets can rapidly exhaust available memory, causing OOM kills in memory-constrained environments. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ssh/src/ssh_transport.erl and program routines ssh_transport:decompress/2, ssh_transport:handle_packet_part/4. This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 26.2.5.18, OTP 27.3.4.9, and OTP 28.4.1, corresponding to ssh from 3.0.1 before 5.1.4.14, 5.2.11.6, and 5.5.1.

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.