curl Leaks Netrc Password to Redirected Host
CVE-2025-0167 Published on February 5, 2025

netrc and default credential leak
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.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-0167 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2025-0167. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
LOW
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Products Associated with CVE-2025-0167

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Haxx Curl
 
NetApp Element Software
 
NetApp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
 
NetApp Solidfire Hci Management Node
 
NetApp Solidfire Hci Storage Node
 
NetApp Ontap
 
NetApp Ontap Tools
 

Affected Versions

curl:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.17%
Percentile
38.72%

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