CVE-2023-27534 — Path Traversal in Curl
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 30
Latest updateOct 15
Description
A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element, in addition to its intended use as the first element to indicate a path relative to the user's home directory. Attackers can exploit this flaw to bypass filtering or execute arbitrary code by crafting a path like /~2/foo while accessing a server with a specific user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages5 packages
Also affects: Fedora 36
🔴Vulnerability Details
4📋Vendor Advisories
5Microsoft▶
A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element in addition to its intend↗2023-03-14
Debian▶
CVE-2023-27534: curl - A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes ...↗2023