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 a…
Medium CVSS 5.3
Summary
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.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15079.html Patch
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15079.json Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3477116 Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/07/6 Mailing List
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD