ubuntu-cve-2025-15079
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-01-06 07:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:53
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15079",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:53:21Z",
  "published": "2026-01-06T07:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-15079"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15079"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15079.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8062-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8062-2"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-8062-1",
    "USN-8062-2"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-15079"
  ]
}



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