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.
Affected products
haxx: curl
References4
- curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15224.html PatchVendor Advisory
- curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15224.json Vendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/07/7 Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/3480925 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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3.1
LOW
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 42 · as of 11 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-287
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