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Amazon Linux 2023 : curl, curl-minimal, libcurl (ALAS2023-2026-1375)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299563

Synopsis

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

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1375 advisory.

 No QUIC certificate pinning with GnuTLS

 NOTE: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-13034.htmlNOTE: Introduced with:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/3210101088dfa3d6a125d213226b092f2f866722 (curl-8_8_0)NOTE: Fixed by:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/3d91ca8cdb3b434226e743946d428b4dd3acf2c9 (rc-8_18_0-1, curl-8_18_0) (CVE-2025-13034)

 broken TLS options for threaded LDAPS

 NOTE: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-14017.htmlNOTE: Introduced with:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/ccba0d10b6baf5c73cae8cf4fb3f29f0f55c5a34 (curl-7_17_0)NOTE: Fixed by:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/39d1976b7f709a516e3243338ebc0443bdd8d56d (rc-8_18_0-1, curl-8_18_0)NOTE: Built with OpenLDAP (only affects the legacy LDAP support) (CVE-2025-14017)

 bearer token leak on cross-protocol redirect

 NOTE: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-14524.htmlNOTE: Introduced with:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/06c1bea72faabb6fad4b7ef818aafaa336c9a7aa (curl-7_33_0)NOTE: Fixed by:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/1a822275d333dc6da6043497160fd04c8fa48640 (rc-8_18_0-2, curl-8_18_0) (CVE-2025-14524)

 OpenSSL partial chain store policy bypass

 NOTE: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-14819.htmlNOTE: Introduced with:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/3c16697ebd796f799227be293e8689aec5f8190d (curl-7_87_0)NOTE: Fixed by:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/cd046f6c93b39d673a58c18648d8906e954c4f5d (rc-8_18_0-3, curl-8_18_0) (CVE-2025-14819)

 libssh global knownhost override

 NOTE: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15079.htmlNOTE: Introduced with:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/c92d2e14cfb0db662f958effd2ac86f995cf1b5a (curl-7_58_0)NOTE: Fixed by:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/adca486c125d9a6d9565b9607a19dce803a8b479 (rc-8_18_0-3, curl-8_18_0)NOTE: Debian builds with libssh2 for SSH backend (CVE-2025-15079)

 libssh key passphrase bypass without agent set

 NOTE: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15224.htmlNOTE: Introduced with:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/c92d2e14cfb0db662f958effd2ac86f995cf1b5a (curl-7_58_0)NOTE: Fixed by:
 https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/16d5f2a5660c61cc27bd5f1c7f512391d1c927aa (curl-8_18_0)NOTE: Debian builds with libssh2 for SSH backend (CVE-2025-15224)

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

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update curl --releasever 2023.10.20260216' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1375 --releasever 2023.10.20260216' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2026-1375.html

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

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-13034.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-14017.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-14524.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-14819.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-15079.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-15224.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 299563

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2026-1375.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2026

Updated: 2/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14017

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13034, CVE-2025-14017, CVE-2025-14524, CVE-2025-14819, CVE-2025-15079, CVE-2025-15224

IAVA: 2026-A-0005