CVE-2025-15079
ADVISORY - debianSummary
When doing SSH-based transfers using either SCP or SFTP, and setting the known_hosts file, libcurl could still mistakenly accept connecting to hosts not present in the specified file if they were added as recognized in the libssh global known_hosts file.
- curl 8.18.0~rc3-1 (unimportant) https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15079.html Introduced with: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/c92d2e14cfb0db662f958effd2ac86f995cf1b5a (curl-7_58_0) Fixed by: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/adca486c125d9a6d9565b9607a19dce803a8b479 (rc-8_18_0-3, curl-8_18_0) Debian builds with libssh2 for SSH backend
EPSS Score: 0.00537 (0.438)
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
ADVISORY - nist
Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch
Debian
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UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-15079
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
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COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
CVSS SCORE
N/Alow| Package | Type | OS Name | OS Version | Affected Ranges | Fix Versions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| debian/curl | deb | debian | 12 | >0 | Not yet available |
| debian/curl | deb | debian | 14 | <8.18.0~rc3-1 | 8.18.0~rc3-1 |
| debian/curl | deb | debian | 13 | >0 | Not yet available |
| debian/curl | deb | debian | unstable | <8.18.0~rc3-1 | 8.18.0~rc3-1 |
Severity and metrics
No CVSS data available from this advisory.
NIST
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ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-15079
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
1.6
EXPLOITS FOUND
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CVSS SCORE
5.3mediumAlpine
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ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-15079
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
Ubuntu
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ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-15079
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
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N/AlowAmazon
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ADVISORY IDALAS2-2026-3173
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
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EXPLOITS FOUND
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N/AmediumAmazon
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ADVISORY IDALAS2023-2026-1375
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
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N/AmediumPhoton
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ADVISORY ID
CVE-2025-15079
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
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COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
CVSS SCORE
5.3mediumminimos
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ADVISORY ID
MINI-vcq9-jwg7-42gr
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
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