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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-9547"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-07-03T06:18:44.499Z"
updatedAt: "2026-09-15T06:03:34.802Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-9547"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-9547.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9547"
title: "SSH improper host validation"
summary: "When a libcurl-based application performs transfers via `SCP://` or `SFTP://`\nand utilizes the `CURLOPT_SSH_KEYFUNCTION` callback, it may silently accept an\nuntrusted server. This vulnerability occurs when a server presents a host key\ntype that does not match the specific key type already recorded for that host\nin the `known_hosts` file. Instead of rejecting the mismatch, the callback\nmechanism fails to properly enforce the restriction, allowing the connection\nto succeed without warning and risking a potential man-in-the-middle attack."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"7.69.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"8.14.2"},{"version":"8.15.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"8.16.1"},{"version":"8.17.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"8.20.1"}],"vendor":"curl","product":"curl","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"507cf6a13db0375eadd4655b4c64710db29e9cf2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0b8dbbc63c98777e4584cb9fbd71df3464008ad1"}],"vendor":"curl","product":"curl","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"8.20.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.19.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.18.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.17.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.16.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.15.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.14.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.14.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.13.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.12.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.12.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.11.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.11.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.10.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.10.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.9.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.9.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.8.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.7.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.7.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.6.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.5.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.4.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.3.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.2.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.2.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.1.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.1.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.1.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.0.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"8.0.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.88.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.88.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.87.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.86.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.85.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.84.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.83.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.83.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.82.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.81.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.80.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.79.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.79.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.78.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.77.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.76.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.76.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.75.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.74.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.73.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.72.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.71.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.71.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.70.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.69.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"7.69.0","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"curl","product":"curl","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}]

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