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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.035 · change: +0.000
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 Linux — versions 10.0
- 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
- hackerone.com/reports/874778 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-200951.pdf (Third Party Advisory)
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf (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.