Description
A flaw in the curl command line tool's logic makes it only set SSH host verification options when interacting directly using SFTP or SCP, and not as a result of following a redirect.
References4
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.1
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 56 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-297
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