CVE-2026-48855
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Erlang/OTP to bypass security precautions, manipulate data, disclose confidential information, or cause a denial-of-service condition.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Erlang/OTP to bypass security precautions, manipulate data, disclose confidential information, or cause a denial-of-service condition.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Erlang/OTP are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for various impacts including denial of service.
- Action
- Update Erlang/OTP to the latest version to address these vulnerabilities.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.28% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 20% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (3)
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Erlang/OTP: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-25
- unknownDSA-6464-1 erlang - security updatedebian · 2026-08-25
- mediumCVE-2026-48855: SFTP READLINK Leaks Absolute Backend Filesystem Path When Root Is Configuredmsrc · 2026-06-09
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