Vulnerability in Haxx Curl
CVE-2022-43551
A vulnerability exists in curl <7.87.0 HSTS check that could be bypassed to trick it to keep using HTTP. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of using an insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provid…
EPSS: 0.165 (96.7th 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
- Netapp Active_iq_unified_manager
- Netapp Oncommand_insight
- Netapp Oncommand_workflow_automation
- Netapp Snapcenter
- Splunk Universal_forwarder — versions 9.1.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 37
- N/a Https://github.com/curl/curl — versions Fixed in curl 7.87.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support@hackerone.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- support@hackerone.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory)
- support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-43551?
- CVE-2022-43551 is a high-severity vulnerability in Haxx Curl, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-23.
- How severe is CVE-2022-43551?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-43551 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.