CVE-2025-15224 json
libssh key passphrase bypass without agent set
published 2026-01-08 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-14 25 d ago also EUVD-2026-1569 , GHSA-hccr-q52r-4w88 , JLSEC-2026-431
- cvss
- 3.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- julia CURL_jll 8.20.0+0
- julia LibCURL_jll 8.18.0+0
- curl curl 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.18.0
- curl Debian 14 8.18.0-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15224
- curl Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.22
- curl Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.7
- curl Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm7
- curl Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm2
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15224
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- curl hummingbird 1 8.19.0-3.hum1
- libcurl hummingbird 1 8.19.0-3.hum1
- libcurl-minimal hummingbird 1 8.19.0-3.hum1
red hat advisories RHSA-2026:6893
- curl SLE Micro 5.5, SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 8.14.1-150400.5.77.1
- curl SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 8.14.1-160000.4.1
- curl-mini SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 8.14.1-160000.4.1
- curl Linux Micro 6.0 8.14.1-3.1
- curl Linux Micro 6.1 8.14.1-slfo.1.1_4.1
- curl SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 8.14.1-150700.7.8.1
- curl SLE Micro 5.2 8.14.1-150200.4.97.1
- curl openSUSE Leap 15.6 8.14.1-150600.4.34.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0508-1SUSE-SU-2026:20082-1SUSE-SU-2026:20110-1SUSE-SU-2026:20042-1SUSE-SU-2026:20062-1SUSE-SU-2026:0052-1
- curl openSUSE Leap 16.0 8.14.1-160000.4.1
- curl openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.18.0-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20031-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10017-1
- curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15224.html advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/07/7 advisory
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-15224 updated cvss 4.7
curl: libssh key passphrase bypass without agent set
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Red Hat Confidential Compute Attestation build-of-trustee/trustee-rhel9, openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-rhel9-operator, openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-operator-bundle, openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-builder-rhel9, openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-payload-rhel9, confidential-compute-attestation-tech-preview/trustee-rhel9 Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift openshift-logging/vector-rhel9, openshift-logging/fluentd-rhel9, openshift-logging/eventrouter-rhel9, openshift-logging/logging-view-plugin-rhel9, openshift-logging/cluster-logging-rhel9-operator, openshift-logging/log-file-metric-exporter-rhel9, +1 more Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2 openshift-service-mesh/pilot-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/grafana-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel9, openshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/ratelimit-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 curl, libcurl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 curl, libcurl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 curl, libcurl, libcurl-minimalaffected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
+6 more productsfewer
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 curl, rust, cargo, clippy, libcurl, rustfmt, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 curl, rust, snphost, s390utils, trustee-guest-components Red Hat JBoss Core Services curl Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/recert-rhel9, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces devspaces/code-rhel9 Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer rhtpa/rhtpa-trustification-service-rhel9 -
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-core-bff-rhel9, rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-maas-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-automl-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-gen-ai-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-mlflow-rhel9, +6 moreunder investigation
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Red Hat Hardened Images curl 8.19.0-3.hum1, libcurl 8.19.0-3.hum1, libcurl-minimal 8.19.0-3.hum1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:6893
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Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9, rhoai/odh-kube-rbac-proxy-rhel9, rhoai/odh-maas-controller-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mlflow-operator-rhel9, rhoai/odh-model-controller-rhel9, rhoai/odh-ogx-k8s-operator-rhel9, +14 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
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CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 10 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/3480925 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| julia | CURL_jll | <8.20.0+0 |
8.20.0+0 |
| julia | LibCURL_jll | <8.18.0+0 |
8.18.0+0 |
Affected products
- curl curl
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
References
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curl.se
/docs/CVE-2025-15224.html
patch, vendor-advisory, web
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2026/01/07/7
mailing-list, patch, third-party-advisory, web
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hackerone.com
/reports/3480925
exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory, web
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curl.se
/docs/CVE-2025-15224.json
vendor-advisory, web
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-hccr-q52r-4w88
web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15224
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-15224
- NVD CVE-2025-15224
- OSV JLSEC-2026-431
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