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[UPDATE] [medium] Erlang/OTP: Vulnerability allows Denial of Service

mediumCVE-2025-26618
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

Source
CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity
medium
Published
2026-08-25
Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language
Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

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.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2025-26618coverage & exploitation statusNVD · 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.

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