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libnbd — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14946

A flaw was found in libnbd. A malicious actor could exploit this by convincing libnbd to open a specially crafted Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). This vulnerability arises because non-standard hostnames starting with '-o' are incorrectly interpreted as arguments to the Secure Shell (SSH) process, rather than as hostnames. This could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running libnbd.

Products
libnbd
Affected versions
1.22.2-1, 1.22.3-1, 1.22.5-1, 1.24.0-1, 1.24.0-2, 1.24.0-2.1, 1.24.1-1, 1.24.2-1, 1.24.2-2, 1.24.3-1
Fixed versions
1.22.5-1
CVEs
CVE-2025-14946
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14946

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Dec 2025, 13:16 UTC

A flaw was found in libnbd. A malicious actor could exploit this by convincing libnbd to open a specially crafted Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). This vulnerability arises because non-standard hostnames starting with '-o' are incorrectly interpreted as arguments to the Secure Shell (SSH) process, rather than as hostnames. This could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running libnbd.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14946

libnbd

Fixed versions: Not specified

libnbd

Fixed versions: 1.22.5-1

Complete source record
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