CVE-2025-68920

8.9 HIGH

Published: December 24, 2025 Modified: December 24, 2025

Description

C-Kermit (aka ckermit) through 10.0 Beta.12 (aka 416-beta12) before 244644d allows a remote Kermit system to overwrite files on the local system, or retrieve arbitrary files from the local system.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1123025

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/KermitProject/ckermit/pull/20

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.complete.org/kermit/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/test/tar/

Source: cve@mitre.org

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

8.9 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.0%

12th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

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