Servers and applications
CVE-2026-48859
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…
- Severity
- Medium 6.3
- Published
- 10 Jun 2026
- Last changed
- 8 Sept 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 16 Oct 2026
- Fixed in
- 29.0.2
- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
Erlang/OTPServers and applications · cpe:a:erlang:erlang\/otp |
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