[UPDATE] [medium] Erlang/OTP: Vulnerability allows Denial of Service
A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Erlang/OTP to perform a Denial of Service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A remote authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Erlang/OTP that accept remote authenticated connections.
- Urgency
- Medium severity; not currently exploited in the wild.
- Action
- Apply the available patch for CVE-2025-26618 when released.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-0419
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-266180.49% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 40% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-26618 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Erlang/OTP
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Erlang/OTP: Vulnerability allows File Manipulationcert-bund · 2026-08-25
- high[UPDATE] [high] Erlang/OTP: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-25
- high[NEW] [high] Erlang/OTP: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-25
- medium[NEW] [medium] Erlang/OTP: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-25
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Erlang/OTP: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-25
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Erlang/OTP: Multiple vulnerabilities allow bypassing security measurescert-bund · 2026-08-25
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