| Name | CVE-2025-10966 |
| Description | curl's code for managing SSH connections when SFTP was done using the wolfSSH powered backend was flawed and missed host verification mechanisms. This prevents curl from detecting MITM attackers and more. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| curl (PTS) | bullseye | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u13 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u15 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 7.88.1-10+deb12u14 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 8.14.1-2 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 8.17.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| curl | source | (unstable) | 8.17.0~rc2-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-10966.html
Introduced with: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/6773c7ca65cf2183295e56603f9b86a5ce816a06 (curl-7_69_0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/b011e3fcfb06d6c0278595ee2ee297036fbe9793 (rc-8_17_0-1)
wolfSSH backend not used in Debian