CVE-2023-23915
Severity
6.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 23
Latest updateFeb 27
Description
A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality to behave incorrectly when multiple URLs are requested in parallel. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of using an insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the URL. This HSTS mechanism would however surprisingly fail when multiple transfers are done in parallel as the HSTS cache file gets overwritten by the most recentlyco…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 2.5
Affected Packages5 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV▶
CVE-2023-23915: A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7↗2023-02-23
CVEList▶
CVE-2023-23915: A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7↗2023-02-23
GHSA▶
GHSA-2c3h-vr56-625m: A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7↗2023-02-23
📋Vendor Advisories
4Microsoft▶
A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality to behave incorrectly when multiple URLs are requested in parallel. Using it↗2023-02-14
Debian▶
CVE-2023-23915: curl - A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <...↗2023