HIGHVulnerability
CVE-2026-9547
When a libcurl-based application performs transfers via `SCP://` or `SFTP://` and utilizes the `CURLOPT_SSH_KEYFUNCTION` callback, it may silently accept an untrusted server. This vulnerability occurs when a server presents a host key type that does not match the specific key type already recorded for that host in the `known_hosts` file. Instead of rejecting the mismatch, the callback mechanism fails to properly enforce the restriction, allowing the connection to succeed without warning and risking a potential man-in-the-middle attack.
Properties
- severity
- HIGH
- score
- 7.4
- epss_score
- 0.00325
- cve_id
- CVE-2026-9547
- signal_observed_at
- 2026-09-15T07:22:05+00:00
- vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- published_at
- 2026-07-03T07:16:25.990
- last_modified
- 2026-09-15T07:16:35.310
- epss_percentile
- 0.25502
Related Entities (4)
ENRICHED_BY (1)
→[Source]FIRST EPSS
DESCRIBED_BY (1)
→[Source]NVD
AFFECTS_PRODUCT (1)
→[Product]
HAS_WEAKNESS (1)
→[Weakness]Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch
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