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.
Problem type
Affected products
kermitproject
<= 10.0 Beta.12 - AFFECTED
References
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1123025
https://github.com/KermitProject/ckermit/pull/20
https://www.kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/test/tar/
https://www.complete.org/kermit/
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-7wwf-6mwx-wx77
C-Kermit (aka ckermit) through 10.0 Beta.12 (aka 416-beta12) before 244644d allows a remote...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7wwf-6mwx-wx77C-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.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68920
https://github.com/KermitProject/ckermit/pull/20
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1123025
https://www.complete.org/kermit
https://www.kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/test/tar
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7wwf-6mwx-wx77
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2025-68920Click to expand
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