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      <title>CVE-2026-48859 — SSH server timing side-channel in ssh_auth:check_password/3 allows unauthenticated username enumeration</title>
      <link>https://cve.radiocsirt.org/vuln/cve-2026-48859</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affected:&lt;/strong&gt; Erlang OTP&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ssh/src/ssh_auth.erl and lib/ssh/src/ssh_options.erl.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue affects OTP from OTP 29.0 before OTP 29.0.2, corresponding to ssh from 6.0 before 6.0.1.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affected:&lt;/strong&gt; Erlang OTP&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ssh/src/ssh_auth.erl and lib/ssh/src/ssh_options.erl.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue affects OTP from OTP 29.0 before OTP 29.0.2, corresponding to ssh from 6.0 before 6.0.1.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
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