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GHSA-8H93-38HX-VV92

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-07 09:30 – Updated: 2025-06-09 15:31

Details

Due to a mistake in libcurl's WebSocket code, a malicious server can send a particularly crafted packet which makes libcurl get trapped in an endless busy-loop.

There is no other way for the application to escape or exit this loop other than killing the thread/process.

This might be used to DoS libcurl-using application.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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  "modified": "2025-06-09T15:31:41Z",
  "published": "2025-06-07T09:30:18Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-5399.html"
    },
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CVE-2025-5399 (GCVE-0-2025-5399)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-07 07:49 – Updated: 2025-06-09 13:20

Title

WebSocket endless loop

Summary

Due to a mistake in libcurl's WebSocket code, a malicious server can send a particularly crafted packet which makes libcurl get trapped in an endless busy-loop. There is no other way for the application to escape or exit this loop other than killing the thread/process. This might be used to DoS libcurl-using application.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-06-09 13:20 UTC

CWE

CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Assigner

curl redhat root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-5399.json
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-5399.html
https://hackerone.com/reports/3168039
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/04/2

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
curl	curl	Affected: 8.14.0 , ≤ 8.14.0 (semver) Affected: 8.13.0 , ≤ 8.13.0 (semver)

Credits

z2_ on hackerone z2_ on hackerone

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