PT-2025-53381 · C-Kermit+1 · C-Kermit+1

John Goerzen · Published 2025-12-16 · Updated 2026-04-07 · CVE-2025-68920

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.9

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions C-Kermit versions through 10.0 Beta.12 (aka 416-beta12) before 244644d

Description A remote Kermit system can overwrite files on the local system or retrieve arbitrary files from the local system.

Recommendations Update to a version later than 244644d.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-16351

CVE-2025-68920

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10495-1

Affected Products

C-Kermit

Debian

References · 17

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68920 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68920 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68920 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68920 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68920 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68920 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-16351 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10495-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/KermitProject/ckermit/pull/20 · Note
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1123025 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/40643 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/TheHackerWire/status/2003957374709866779 · Twitter Post
• https://complete.org/kermit · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/146807 · Telegram Post
• https://kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/test/tar · Note