Improper Authentication Affecting libcurl package, versions [7.76.0,8.18.0)
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- published8 Jan 2026
- disclosed8 Jan 2026
- creditHarry Sintonen
Introduced: 8 Jan 2026
CVE-2025-15224 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade libcurl to version 8.18.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication via CURLSSH_AUTH_AGENT flag for public key authentication. An attacker can gain unauthorized access by leveraging a locally running SSH agent to bypass the intended key passphrase requirement.
Note:
This issue affects only for curl built with libssh backend, libssh2 backend is not affected.