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CVE-2023-27535

5.9 medium SSVC exploitation: poc Modified

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl <8.0.0 in the FTP connection reuse feature that can result in wrong credentials being used during subsequent transfers. Previously created connections are kept in a connection pool for reuse if they match the current setup. However, certain FTP settings such as CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT, CURLOPT_FTP_ALTERNATIVE_TO_USER, CURLOPT_FTP_SSL_CCC, and CURLOPT_USE_SSL were not included in the configuration match checks, causing them to match too easily. This could lead to libcurl using the wrong credentials when performing a transfer, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Fix

Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 5.9 · haxx, fedoraproject, debianNVD modified 2026-10-14 23:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 11

  • cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 13