CVE-2023-27538

Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 30
Latest updateApr 19

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl prior to v8.0.0 where it reuses a previously established SSH connection despite the fact that an SSH option was modified, which should have prevented reuse. libcurl maintains a pool of previously used connections to reuse them for subsequent transfers if the configurations match. However, two SSH settings were omitted from the configuration check, allowing them to match easily, potentially leading to the reuse of an inappropriate connectio

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

NVDhaxx/libcurl7.16.18.0.0
NVDsplunk/universal_forwarder8.2.08.2.12+2
Debiancurl< 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u8+3
CVEListV5https://github.com/curl/curlFixed in 8.0.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 36

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
CVE-2023-27538: An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl prior to v82023-03-30
OSV
CVE-2023-27538: An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl prior to v82023-03-30
GHSA
GHSA-cgj3-cvg6-pcvh: An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl v82023-03-30

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
curl vulnerabilities2023-03-20
Red Hat
curl: SSH connection too eager reuse still2023-03-20
Microsoft
An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl prior to v8.0.0 where it reuses a previously established SSH connection despite the fact that an SSH option was modified which should have prev2023-03-14
Debian
CVE-2023-27538: curl - An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl prior to v8.0.0 where i...2023

💬Community

2
HackerOne
CVE-2023-27538: SSH connection too eager reuse still2023-04-19
HackerOne
CVE-2023-27538: SSH connection too eager reuse still2023-03-22