CVE-2025-15224
libssh key passphrase bypass without agent set
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 3.1 Low
- Published
- Jan 8, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 28, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 3.1 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
curlcurl |
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curlcurl |
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curlcurl |
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References
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