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Amazon Linux 2023 : curl, curl-minimal, libcurl (ALAS2023-2025-1317)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 277810

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1317 advisory.

 wcurl path traversal with percent-encoded slashes

 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. (CVE-2025-11563)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'dnf update curl --releasever 2023.9.20251208' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1317 --releasever 2023.9.20251208' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2025-1317.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-11563.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 277810

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-1317.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/9/2025

Updated: 2/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11563

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl-minimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl-minimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl-minimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl-minimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11563

IAVA: 2025-A-0818-S