wcurl path traversal with percent-encoded slashes
Priority LOW 21CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
URLs containing percent-encoded slashes (`/` or `\`) can trick wcurl into saving the output file outside of the current directory without the user explicitly asking for it. This flaw only affects the wcurl command line tool.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00416 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| curl | curl | 8.17.0 – 8.17.0; 8.16.0 – 8.16.0; 8.15.0 – 8.15.0; 8.14.1 – 8.14.1; 8.14.0 – 8.14.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- curl Vendorcurl Affected 8.17.0 – 8.17.0; 8.16.0 – 8.16.0; 8.15.0 – 8.15.0; 8.14.1 – 8.14.1; 8.14.0 – 8.14.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11563
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6xq2-fm6w-mxfm
References
Sources
- CVE-2025-11563 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11563 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6xq2-fm6w-mxfm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-11563 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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