VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-68920

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.

HIGH 8.9EPSS 0.43%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 8.9 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS: 0.43% probability · 36th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-862
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1123025
https://github.com/KermitProject/ckermit/pull/20
https://www.complete.org/kermit/
https://www.kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/test/tar/

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.