# CVE-2025-0167: netrc and default credential leak

> Attackers can steal credentials from netrc files when curl follows redirects under specific default entry conditions.

- **Severity:** Low 3.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2025-0167, AZL-56478, AZL-56501, BELL-CVE-2025-0167, CLEANSTART-2026-GE06685, CLSA-2025-1764029592, CLSA-2025-1767083454, CURL-CVE-2025-0167, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-0167, GHSA-c42g-rmxf-64ch, JLSEC-2026-420, MINI-4h72-q8mg-g9mp, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0167

## What is CVE-2025-0167?

CVE-2025-0167 is a low-severity vulnerability in Haxx Curl, published on 5 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

When asked to use a `.netrc` file for credentials **and** to follow HTTP
redirects, curl could leak the password used for the first host to the
followed-to host under certain circumstances.

This flaw only manifests itself if the netrc file has a `default` entry that
omits both login and password. A rare circumstance.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0167?

It affects 16 products.


Products: Haxx Curl, Netapp Bootstrap Os, Netapp Element Software, Netapp H300s Firmware, Netapp H410c Firmware, Netapp H410s Firmware, Netapp H500s Firmware, Netapp H610c Firmware, Netapp H610s Firmware, Netapp H615c Firmware, Netapp H700s Firmware, Netapp Ontap, Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility, Netapp Ontap Tools, Netapp Solidfire \& Hci Management Node, Netapp Solidfire \& Hci Storage Node.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0167?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2025-0167 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0167 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Haxx Curl

- [CVE-2026-19931](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19931/): Negotiate ambient user conn reuse (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-10536](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-10536/): HTTP/2 stream-dependency tree UAF (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-11856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11856/): cross-origin Digest auth state leak (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-8925](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8925/): SASL double-free (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-9079](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9079/): stale proxy password leak (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0167 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0167 is a low-severity vulnerability in Haxx Curl, published on 5 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0167 exists.

Affected product: Haxx Curl. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0167/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0167/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0167
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0167
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0167

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0167/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.