3.4

CVE-2025-0167: netrc and default credential leak

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2025-0167UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0167DEBIAN-CVE-2025-0167
Published 05-02-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-0167 is a low (CVSS 3.4) vulnerability in curl. EPSS estimates a 0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 3.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
3.4/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.75%
0%100%
Low · +0.06 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7
MGASA-2025-0123SUSE-SU-2025:0369-1SUSE-SU-2025:0370-1SUSE-SU-2025:0371-1SUSE-SU-2025:0372-1SUSE-SU-2025:20144-1

Timeline

  1. 05-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When asked to use a `.netrc` file for credentials **and** to follow HTTP redirects, curl could leak the password used for the first host to the followed-to host under certain circumstances. This flaw only manifests itself if the netrc file has a `default` entry that omits both login and password. A rare circumstance.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.06 pp

From 0.69% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (hackerone.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Netapp15 products
Chainguard2 products
  • curl< 8.12.0-r0
  • libcurl4All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi2 products
  • curl< 8.12.0-r0
  • libcurl4All versions (No fix recorded)
Alpine1 product
  • curl≥ 7.76.0, < 8.12.0-r0
Curl1 product
  • curl8.11.1 | 8.11.0 | 8.10.1 | 8.10.0 | 8.9.1 | 8.9.0 | 8.8.0 | 8.7.1 | 8.7.0 | 8.6.0 | 8.5.0 | 8.4.0 | 8.3.0 | 8.2.1 | 8.2.0 | 8.1.2 | 8.1.1 | 8.1.0 | 8.0.1 | 8.0.0 | 7.88.1 | 7.88.0 | 7.87.0 | 7.86.0 | 7.85.0 | 7.84.0 | 7.83.1 | 7.83.0 | 7.82.0 | 7.81.0 | 7.80.0 | 7.79.1 | 7.79.0 | 7.78.0 | 7.77.0 | 7.76.1 | 7.76.0
Debian1 product
  • curl< 7.88.1-10+deb12u11 | < 8.12.0+git20250209.89ed161+ds-1
Haxx1 product
  • curl≥ 7.76.0, < 8.12.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • curl< 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.23 | < 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.8

8 vendors · 24 products

References

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