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Curl 7.76.0 < 8.12.0 Default Credential Leak (CVE-2025-0167)

low Nessus Plugin ID 215221

Synopsis

The remote host has a program that is affected by an default credential leak vulnerability.

Description

When asked to use a `.netrc` file for credentials **and** to follow HTTP redirects, curl could leak the password used for the first host to the followed-to host under certain circumstances. This flaw only manifests itself if the netrc file has a `default` entry that omits both login and password. A rare circumstance.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade Curl to version 8.12.0 or later

See Also

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-0167.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 215221

File Name: curl_CVE-2025-0167.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/10/2025

Updated: 2/10/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:haxx:curl

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Curl

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0167

IAVA: 2025-A-0085