CVE-2026-9547EPSS p25.3%
CVE-2026-9547CVE-2026-9547
haxx / curl
Description
When a libcurl-based application performs transfers via `SCP://` or `SFTP://`
and utilizes the `CURLOPT_SSH_KEYFUNCTION` callback, it may silently accept an
untrusted server. This vulnerability occurs when a server presents a host key
type that does not match the specific key type already recorded for that host
in the `known_hosts` file. Instead of rejecting the mismatch, the callback
mechanism fails to properly enforce the restriction, allowing the connection
to succeed without warning and risking a potential man-in-the-middle attack.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.4 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| EPSS | 0.33% probability of exploitation · percentile 25.3% · 2026-08-17T12:03:47Z |
| Last modified | 2026-07-07 |