OpenSSH unprivileged account allows persistent SSH/Service DoS
CVE-2025-59459 Published on October 27, 2025

Denial-of-service (DoS) via resource consumption
An attacker that gains SSH access to an unprivileged account may be able to disrupt services (including SSH), causing persistent loss of availability.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-59459 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-59459

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Affected Versions

SICK AG TLOC100-100: SICK AG TLOC100-100:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.04%
Percentile
12.57%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.