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.
Published: 2026-01-08
Score: 3.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8062-1 curl vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8062-2 curl vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Haxx
Haxx curl
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Haxx
Haxx curl

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Curl
Curl curl
Vendors & Products Curl
Curl curl

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-287
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title libssh key passphrase bypass without agent set
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: curl

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-08T14:39:55.278Z

Reserved: 2025-12-28T22:49:58.556Z

Link: CVE-2025-15224

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-08T11:06:23.372Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-01-08T10:15:47.207

Modified: 2026-01-20T14:47:52.710

Link: CVE-2025-15224

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-09T13:25:40Z

Weaknesses