CVE-2025-10966
medium
CVSS v3
4.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
curl's code for managing SSH connections when SFTP was done using the wolfSSH powered backend was flawed and missed host verification mechanisms. This prevents curl from detecting MITM attackers and more.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
53%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Affected | — |
| sid | Fixed | 8.17.0~rc2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 8.17.0~rc2-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| haxx | curl | {"startIncluding":"7.69.0","endExcluding":"8.17.0"} | 8.17.0 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-10966
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-10966.html
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-10966.html
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-10966.json
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3355218
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/05/2
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html
CWEs
CWE-322
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.