Axessh 4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the logging configuration that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the log file name field. Attackers can enable session logging, paste a buffer of 500 or more characters into the log file name parameter, and trigger a crash when establishing a telnet connection.

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Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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Description Axessh 4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the logging configuration that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the log file name field. Attackers can enable session logging, paste a buffer of 500 or more characters into the log file name parameter, and trigger a crash when establishing a telnet connection.
Title Axessh 4.2 Denial of Service via Log File Name
Weaknesses CWE-1282
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-22T13:38:28.762Z

Reserved: 2026-03-22T12:50:42.558Z

Link: CVE-2019-25590

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-22T14:16:24.587

Modified: 2026-03-22T14:16:24.587

Link: CVE-2019-25590

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Updated: 2026-03-23T09:46:28Z

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