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QUIC certificate check skip with wolfSSL

Type: advisorySources: OSV

libcurl accidentally skips the certificate verification for QUIC connections when connecting to a host specified as an IP address in the URL. Therefore, it does not detect impostors or man-in-the-middle attacks.

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CVEs
CVE-2025-4947
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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1 Nov 2026, 09:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

QUIC certificate check skip with wolfSSL

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 May 2025, 08:00 UTC

libcurl accidentally skips the certificate verification for QUIC connections when connecting to a host specified as an IP address in the URL. Therefore, it does not detect impostors or man-in-the-middle attacks.

osv:CURL-CVE-2025-4947
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CURL-CVE-2025-4947",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "QUIC certificate check skip with wolfSSL",
    "summary": "libcurl accidentally skips the certificate verification for QUIC connections when connecting to a host specified as an IP address in the URL. Therefore, it does not detect impostors or man-in-the-middle attacks.",
    "evidence": "osv:CURL-CVE-2025-4947",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "provider": "osv",
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