CVE-2016-5420

curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the…

published August 10, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
15%
Percentile
96.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of the connection by leveraging a previously created connection with a different client certificate.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.15362 · 96.8th percentile
Published
2016-08-10T14:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 AUG 14:00Z
    curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the…
    cvelistv5