When curl >= 7.20.0 and <= 7.78.0 connects to an IMAP or POP3 server to retrieve data using STARTTLS to upgrade to TLS security, the server can respond and send back multiple responses at once that curl caches. curl would then upgrade to TLS but not flush the in-queue of cached responses but instead continue using and trustingthe responses it got *before* the TLS handshake as if they were authenticated.Using this flaw, it allows a Man-In-The-Middle attacker to first inject the fake responses, then pass-through the TLS traffic from the legitimate server and trick curl into sending data back to the user thinking the attacker's injected data comes from the TLS-protected server.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 10
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.9 · haxx, fedoraproject, debianNVD modified 2026-10-14 12:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 36
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_repository_function:1.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_repository_function:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_slice_selection_function:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_service_communication_proxy:1.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_infrastructure_network_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_guided_search:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function:22.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_console:22.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_repository_function:22.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_repository_function:22.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_security_edge_protection_proxy:22.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 32
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1334763 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APOAK4X73EJTAPTSVT7IRVDMUWVXNWGD/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWLEC6YVEM2HWUBX67SDGPSY4CQB72OE/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213183 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1334763 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APOAK4X73EJTAPTSVT7IRVDMUWVXNWGD/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWLEC6YVEM2HWUBX67SDGPSY4CQB72OE/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213183 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-389290.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html