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.

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Timeline

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1. Jan 8, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   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.

2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   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.

Affected

• cpe haxx/curlversion unspecified

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-15224

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-15224

  30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

  first.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-15224

  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.

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Mailing List · openwall.com
• Patch · curl.se
• Vendor Advisory · curl.se
• Exploit · hackerone.com