diff --git a/openssh-9.9p1-reject-null-char-in-url-string.patch b/openssh-9.9p1-reject-null-char-in-url-string.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b2d378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openssh-9.9p1-reject-null-char-in-url-string.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --color -ruNp a/misc.c b/misc.c
+--- a/misc.c	2025-12-03 16:19:11.255135131 +0100
++++ b/misc.c	2025-12-03 16:21:53.769590836 +0100
+@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ urldecode(const char *src)
+ 	size_t srclen;
+ 
+ 	if ((srclen = strlen(src)) >= SIZE_MAX)
+-		fatal_f("input too large");
++		return NULL;
+ 	ret = xmalloc(srclen + 1);
+ 	for (dst = ret; *src != '\0'; src++) {
+ 		switch (*src) {
+@@ -1006,9 +1006,10 @@ urldecode(const char *src)
+ 			*dst++ = ' ';
+ 			break;
+ 		case '%':
++			/* note: don't allow \0 characters */
+ 			if (!isxdigit((unsigned char)src[1]) ||
+ 			    !isxdigit((unsigned char)src[2]) ||
+-			    (ch = hexchar(src + 1)) == -1) {
++			    (ch = hexchar(src + 1)) == -1 || ch == 0) {
+ 				free(ret);
+ 				return NULL;
+ 			}
diff --git a/openssh.spec b/openssh.spec
index 7832be2..97563c9 100644
--- a/openssh.spec
+++ b/openssh.spec
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ Patch1035: openssh-9.9p1-scp-traversing.patch
 Patch1036: openssh-9.9p1-canonical-match-user.patch
 # upstream 35d5917652106aede47621bb3f64044604164043
 Patch1037: openssh-9.9p1-reject-cntrl-chars-in-username.patch
+# upstream 43b3bff47bb029f2299bacb6a36057981b39fdb0
+Patch1038: openssh-9.9p1-reject-null-char-in-url-string.patch
 
 License: BSD
 Requires: /sbin/nologin
@@ -455,6 +457,7 @@ popd
 %patch1035 -p1 -b .scp-traversing
 %patch1036 -p1 -b .canonical-match-user
 %patch1037 -p1 -b .reject-cntrl-chars-in-username
+%patch1038 -p1 -b .reject-null-char-in-url-string
 
 autoreconf
 pushd pam_ssh_agent_auth-pam_ssh_agent_auth-%{pam_ssh_agent_ver}
@@ -748,6 +751,8 @@ test -f %{sysconfig_anaconda} && \
   Resolves: RHEL-127624
 - CVE-2025-61984: Reject usernames with control characters
   Resolves: RHEL-133959
+- CVE-2025-61985: Reject URL-strings with NULL characters
+  Resolves: RHEL-133960
 
 * Mon Oct 27 2025 Zoltan Fridrich <zfridric@redhat.com> - 9.9p1-2
 - Fix implicit destination path selection when source path ends with ".."