CVE-2025-5025

MEDIUM LAB

curl 8.5.0-8.13.9 - Improper Certificate Validation in QUIC HTTP/3 with wolfSSL

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-5025. PoCs published by KiPhuong.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept for CVE-2025-5025, demonstrating an HTTP/3-based attack using Dockerized client and server components. The setup includes a real server, a fake server, and a client configured with wolfSSL, nghttp3, and ngtcp2 to exploit the vulnerability.

Description

libcurl supports *pinning* of the server certificate public key for HTTPS transfers. Due to an omission, this check is not performed when connecting with QUIC for HTTP/3, when the TLS backend is wolfSSL. Documentation says the option works with wolfSSL, failing to specify that it does not for QUIC and HTTP/3. Since pinning makes the transfer succeed if the pin is fine, users could unwittingly connect to an impostor server without noticing.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by KiPhuong · poc
https://github.com/KiPhuong/cve-2025-5025

This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept for CVE-2025-5025, demonstrating an HTTP/3-based attack using Dockerized client and server components. The setup includes a real server, a fake server, and a client configured with wolfSSL, nghttp3, and ngtcp2 to exploit the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: HTTP/3 implementations (specific version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Docker environment · HTTP/3 support in target software
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/3153497
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/28/5

Scores

CVSS v3 4.8
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Lab Environment

COMMUNITY
Community Lab
docker pull kiphuong/real-server:latest
docker pull kiphuong/fake-server:latest
docker pull kiphuong/client:latest

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (1)
haxx/curl 8.5.0 - 8.14.0
Published May 28, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026