Vulnerability · Published May 28, 2025 · Assigned by curl

CVE-2025-4947QUIC certificate check skip with wolfSSL

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in curl from curl. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

libcurl accidentally skips the certificate verification for QUIC connections when connecting to a host specified as an IP address in the URL. Therefore, it does not detect impostors or man-in-the-middle attacks.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20curl8.14.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2025-4947
Alpine:v3.21curl8.14.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2025-4947
Alpine:v3.22curl8.14.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2025-4947
Alpine:v3.23curl8.14.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2025-4947
Alpine:v3.24curl8.14.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2025-4947
Debian:13curl8.14.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-4947
Debian:14curl8.14.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-4947

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
curl curl 8.13.0 – through 8.13.08.12.1 – through 8.12.18.12.0 – through 8.12.08.11.1 – through 8.11.18.11.0 – through 8.11.08.10.1 – through 8.10.18.10.0 – through 8.10.08.9.1 – through 8.9.1

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