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GHSA-6XQ2-FM6W-MXFM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-25 09:30 – Updated: 2026-02-25 21:31

Details

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.

Severity

4.6 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2025-11563 (GCVE-0-2025-11563)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-25 07:20 – Updated: 2026-02-25 18:53

Title

wcurl path traversal with percent-encoded slashes

Summary

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.

Severity

4.6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-35 Path Traversal

Assigner

curl

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-11563.json
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-11563.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/04/1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2025/11/m…	release-notes

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
curl	curl	Affected: 8.17.0 , ≤ 8.17.0 (semver) Affected: 8.16.0 , ≤ 8.16.0 (semver) Affected: 8.15.0 , ≤ 8.15.0 (semver) Affected: 8.14.1 , ≤ 8.14.1 (semver) Affected: 8.14.0 , ≤ 8.14.0 (semver)

Credits

Stanislav Fort (Aisle Research) Samuel Henrique Sergio Durigan Junior Xi Ruoyao

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GHSA-6XQ2-FM6W-MXFM

CVE-2025-11563 (GCVE-0-2025-11563)

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