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
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 36
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
4Microsoft▶
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 prev↗2023-03-14
Debian▶
CVE-2023-27538: curl - An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl prior to v8.0.0 where i...↗2023