Medium severity5.3OSV Advisory· Published Jan 8, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-15079
CVE-2025-15079
Description
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.
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Affected products
19- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/curl&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/curl&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/curl&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/curl-mini&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/curl-mini&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0
< 8.14.1-150600.4.34.1+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-150600.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-160000.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.18.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-150200.4.97.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-150400.5.77.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-150400.5.77.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-150400.5.77.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-150700.7.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-160000.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.1-11.111.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-160000.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-slfo.1.1_4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-160000.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-160000.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.14.1-160000.4.1
Patches
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References
4- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/07/6nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15079.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/3477116nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15079.jsonnvdVendor Advisory
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