---
id: CVE-2025-68920
title: >-
  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.
summary: >-
  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.
severity: high
cvss: 8.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2025-12-24'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T13:10:00.713'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68920'
references:
  - url: 'https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1123025'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://github.com/KermitProject/ckermit/pull/20'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://www.complete.org/kermit/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://www.kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/test/tar/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00437
epssPercentile: 0.35903
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T13:31:04.561Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.