Echo: curl: security update to 8.14.1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 457637

Description

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

- Due to a mistake in libcurl's WebSocket code, a malicious server can send a particularly crafted packet
which makes libcurl get trapped in an endless busy-loop. There is no other way for the application to
escape or exit this loop other than killing the thread/process. This might be used to DoS libcurl-using
application. (CVE-2025-5399)

Solution

Update the curl library and its related packages to version 8.14.1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-5399

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457637

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.62

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5399

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5399

IAVA: 2025-A-0398-S