CVE-2025-10148
Publication date 12 September 2025
Last updated 24 September 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
curl's websocket code did not update the 32 bit mask pattern for each new outgoing frame as the specification says. Instead it used a fixed mask that persisted and was used throughout the entire connection. A predictable mask pattern allows for a malicious server to induce traffic between the two communicating parties that could be interpreted by an involved proxy (configured or transparent) as genuine, real, HTTP traffic with content and thereby poison its cache. That cached poisoned content could then be served to all users of that proxy.
Read the notes from the security team
Why is this CVE low priority?
Curl developers have rated this as being low severity
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| curl | 25.10 questing |
Vulnerable
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Vulnerable
|
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
Notes
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WebSocket was considered experimental before 8.11.0 and only enabled in build since 8.8.0-2
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.3 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |