CVE-2025-15079

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 18
Analyzed
Published: 08 Jan 2026, 10:08
Last modified:08 Jan 2026, 14:46

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
5.3 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.46% LOW
0% probability +0.42%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Jan 2026, 10:08
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
08 Jan 2026, 14:46
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.46%• Percentile: 37%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-297•Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch

    The product communicates with a host that provides a certificate, but the product does not properly ensure that the certificate is actually associated with that host.

Affected Systems

  • curl•curl

    8.17.0 | 8.16.0 | 8.15.0 | 8.14.1 | 8.14.0 | 8.13.0 | 8.12.1 | 8.12.0 | 8.11.1 | 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 | 7.75.0 | 7.74.0 | 7.73.0 | 7.72.0 | 7.71.1 | 7.71.0 | 7.70.0 | 7.69.1 | 7.69.0 | 7.68.0 | 7.67.0 | 7.66.0 | 7.65.3 | 7.65.2 | 7.65.1 | 7.65.0 | 7.64.1 | 7.64.0 | 7.63.0 | 7.62.0 | 7.61.1 | 7.61.0 | 7.60.0 | 7.59.0 | 7.58.0

  • haxx•curl

    ≥ 7.58.0, < 8.18.0

References (4)