USN-8519-1: Go Cryptography vulnerabilities
Jakub Ciolek and Nicola Murino discovered that Go Cryptography incorrectly handled SSH agent responses. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-47913) Yuichi Watanabe discovered that Go Cryptography incorrectly handled SSH key exchanges. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-22869)
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Vulnerabilities in Go Cryptography can be exploited to cause a denial of service.
- Who is affected
- Users of Go Cryptography are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is of unknown urgency due to the severity not being specified.
- Action
- Monitor for updates and apply patches as they become available.
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Details
Original advisory: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8519-1
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-2025-479130.59% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 44% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-228690.87% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 54% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-47913 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2025-22869 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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