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CVE-2025-15224

CVE-2025-15224LOW

curl curl — libssh key passphrase bypass without agent set

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   H   N   R  U  N  L  N    3.1   .0049   39.7     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  curl     7.58.0 –                                    —
  curl     c92d2e14cfb0db662f958effd2ac86f995cf1b5a –  —
  curl     8.17.0 –                                    —

TIMELINE
  Dec 28  Reserved by curl
  Jan 8   Published (CNA: curl)
  Sep 15  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2025-15224 (curl). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-287 · CNA: curl · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

When doing SSH-based transfers using either SCP or SFTP, and asked to do public key authentication, curl would wrongly still ask and authenticate using a locally running SSH agent.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
December 28, 2025	Reserved	Reserved by curl
January 8, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: curl)
September 15, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2025-15224 (curl). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 3 rows
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
curl	curl	—	7.58.0	—
curl	curl	—	c92d2e14cfb0db662f958effd2ac86f995cf1b5a	—
curl	curl	—	8.17.0	—

Weaknesses

CWE-287

References (4)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/07/7 [Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15224.html [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15224.json [Vendor Advisory]
https://hackerone.com/reports/3480925 [Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-15224 at cve.org

Vendors: curl

Weaknesses: CWE-287

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