4.6

CVE-2025-11563: wcurl path traversal with percent-encoded slashes

Analyzed
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:21198-1SUSE-SU-2025:21206-1SUSE-SU-2025:4180-1
Published 25-02-2026Last modified 25-02-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-11563 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in curl. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.6, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15757-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20090-1SUSE-SU-2025:21077-1SUSE-SU-2025:21145-1USN-8062-1

Timeline

  1. 25-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

URLs containing percent-encoded slashes (`/` or `\`) can trick wcurl into saving the output file outside of the current directory without the user explicitly asking for it. This flaw only affects the wcurl command line tool.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.04 pp

From 0.37% 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

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse8 products
  • curl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2< 8.14.1-150200.4.94.1
  • curl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3< 8.14.1-150400.5.72.1
  • curl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4< 8.14.1-150400.5.72.1
  • curl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5< 8.14.1-150400.5.72.1
  • curl&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6< 8.14.1-150600.4.31.1
Curl2 products
  • curl8.17.0 | 8.16.0 | 8.15.0 | 8.14.1 | 8.14.0
  • wcurl≥ 2024-12-08, < 2025-11-09
Debian1 product
  • curl< 8.14.1-2+deb13u2 | < 8.17.0-2
Opensuse1 product
  • curl&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 8.14.1-150600.4.31.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • curl< 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.1

5 vendors · 13 products

References

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