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🛡️ CVE-2025-0167 on Ubuntu — curl

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-0167 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package curl. The fix is available in version 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.8; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0167 is recorded against 1 package.

  • curl (fixed in 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.8)

Timeline and source

Published on 5 February 2025 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
curl.se (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

curl has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2025-0167 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-02-05
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
curl — 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.8

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