Description
When doing SSH-based transfers using either SCP or SFTP, and asked to do public key authentication, curl would wrongly still ask and authenticate using a locally running SSH agent.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 3.1/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| curl | curl | >= 7.58.0, < 8.14.2; >= 8.15.0, < 8.16.1; >= 8.17.0, < 8.18.0 |
| curl | curl | >= c92d2e14cfb0db662f958effd2ac86f995cf1b5a, < 16d5f2a5660c61cc27bd5f1c7f512391d1c927aa |
| curl | curl | 8.17.0; 8.16.0; 8.15.0; 8.14.1; 8.14.0; 8.13.0; 8.12.1; 8.12.0; 8.11.1; 8.11.0; 8.10.1; 8.10.0; 8.9.1; 8.9.0; 8.8.0; 8.7.1; 8.7.0; 8.6.0; 8.5.0; 8.4.0 |
References
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15224.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15224.jsonVendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3480925Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/07/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 8, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 14, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified