Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-4947

libcurl accidentally skips the certificate verification for QUIC connections when connecting to a host specified as an IP address in the URL.

Published May 28, 2025 · catalog updated May 28, 2025 · libcurl accidentally skips the

Check this week

CVE-2025-4947 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 29.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run libcurl accidentally skips the.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (libcurl accidentally skips the).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
29.00%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor curl curl 8.13.0 ≤8.13.0

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.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor curl curl 8.13.0 ≤8.13.08.13.0 ≤8.13.0

How to fix CVE-2025-4947

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-4947 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 29.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run libcurl accidentally skips the.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with curl curl 8.13.0 ≤8.13.0 8.13.0 ≤8.13.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 29.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. May 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-4947

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16303

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog May 28, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.