CVE-2023-27534CWE-22path-traversal

CVE-2023-27534

High · published March 31, 2023

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
2%
Percentile
84.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02440 · 84.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2023-03-31T00:15Z
Affected products (11)
ProductVersionsFixed in
haxx/curl≥ 7.18.0, ≤ 7.88.1—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
netapp/active_iq_unified_managerall versions—
broadcom/brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmwareall versions—
netapp/h300s_firmwareall versions—
netapp/h500s_firmwareall versions—
netapp/h700s_firmwareall versions—
netapp/h410s_firmwareall versions—
splunk/universal_forwarder≥ 8.2.0, < 8.2.128.2.12
splunk/universal_forwarder≥ 9.0.0, < 9.0.69.0.6
splunk/universal_forwarderall versions—
References (13)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 MAR 00:00Z
    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…
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