Information disclosure in Haxx Curl
CVE-2020-8169
curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that can lead to a partial password being leaked over the network and to the DNS server(s).
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.034 (87.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Haxx Curl
- Siemens Simatic_tim_1531_irc
- Siemens Simatic_tim_1531_irc_firmware
- Siemens Sinec_infrastructure_network_services
- Splunk Universal_forwarder — versions 9.1.0
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- N/a Https://github.com/curl/curl — versions libcurl 7.62.0 to and including 7.70.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support@hackerone.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- support@hackerone.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- support@hackerone.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- support@hackerone.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- support@hackerone.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-8169?
- CVE-2020-8169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Haxx Curl, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-14.
- How severe is CVE-2020-8169?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-8169 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.