High 8.9Published Dec 24, 2025

CVE-2025-68920C-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.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:30 UTC)

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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: 8.9 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

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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/

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