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 curl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curl | Nov 16, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade curl | Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade curlUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-devel | Jun 8, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade curl | Apr 21, 2023 | Mar 21, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-minimal | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 20, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curlUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-minimal | 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 libcurlUpgrade curl | May 9, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade curl | 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 curlUpgrade libcurl | 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 libcurl-develUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade curl-minimal | Jul 22, 2024 | Mar 20, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-minimalNo solution existsUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfo | Nov 8, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Splunk | — | Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.5Upgrade 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 8.2.11 | Sep 30, 2025 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libcurl4Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-devel-32bitUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl4-32bit | Mar 22, 2023 | Mar 21, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl3-nssUpgrade libcurl4Upgrade libcurl3-gnutls | 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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