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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-minimal | Nov 16, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade curl | Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curlUpgrade curl-debuginfo | Jun 8, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade curl | Apr 21, 2023 | Mar 21, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-minimalUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfo | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 20, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade curl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfo | Nov 8, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade curl | Mar 18, 2024 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade curl | Mar 23, 2023 | Mar 20, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/curl. | Oct 12, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl | May 9, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl | Jan 10, 2024 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade curl | Jul 10, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Ibm Aix | — | Apply the fix or workaround for curl_advisory2 | Jul 27, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-minimal | Jul 22, 2024 | Mar 20, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curl-minimalNo solution existsUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl-debuginfo | Nov 8, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Splunk | — | Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.6 | Sep 30, 2025 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libcurl4Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl4-32bitUpgrade libcurl-devel-32bitUpgrade libcurl-devel | Mar 22, 2023 | Mar 21, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libcurl3-nssUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl3-gnutlsUpgrade libcurl4 | Mar 22, 2023 | Mar 20, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 30, 2023 |
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