Google: net-misc/curl: security update to 18244.582.29

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 450796

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- When doing SSH-based transfers using either SCP or SFTP, and setting the known_hosts file, libcurl could
still mistakenly accept connecting to hosts *not present* in the specified file if they were added as
recognized in the libssh *global* known_hosts file. (CVE-2025-15079)

Solution

Update the net-misc/curl library and its related packages to version 18244.582.29 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 450796

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-15079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-15079

Detections

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