CVE-2023-23915

curl: A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functio...

CVE-2023-23915 is fixed in 13 products on 1 platform, first by curl 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8, released February 14, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0088
59th percentile

A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality to behave incorrectly when multiple URLs are requested in parallel. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of using an insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the URL. This HSTS mechanism would however surprisingly fail when multiple transfers are done in parallel as the HSTS cache file gets overwritten by the most recentlycompleted transfer. A later HTTP-only transfer to the earlier host name would then *not* get upgraded properly to HSTS.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
curl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 7.88.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23915 Feb 23, 2023
curl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 7.88.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23915 Feb 23, 2023
curl · Debian 14 7.88.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23915 Feb 23, 2023
curl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 curl 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 Feb 14, 2023
curl · amzn 2023 7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-114 Feb 21, 2023
curl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-114 Feb 21, 2023
curl-debugsource · amzn 2023 7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-114 Feb 21, 2023
curl-minimal · amzn 2023 7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-114 Feb 21, 2023
curl-minimal-debuginfo · amzn 2023 7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-114 Feb 21, 2023
libcurl · amzn 2023 7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-114 Feb 21, 2023
libcurl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-114 Feb 21, 2023
libcurl-devel · amzn 2023 7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-114 Feb 21, 2023
libcurl-minimal · amzn 2023 7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-114 Feb 21, 2023
libcurl-minimal-debuginfo · amzn 2023 7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-114 Feb 21, 2023
libcurl3-gnutls · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 libcurl3-gnutls 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 Feb 14, 2023
libcurl3-nss · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 libcurl3-nss 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 Feb 14, 2023
libcurl4 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 libcurl4 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 Feb 14, 2023

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