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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-11563

high Nessus Plugin ID 272263

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Ubuntu Linux - wcurl path traversal with percent-encoded slashes (CVE-2025-11563)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-11563

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 272263

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_11563.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/4/2025

Updated: 11/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11563

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:curl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11563