CVE-2023-38546

Unknown

CVE-2023-38546 is fixed in 18 products on 2 platforms, first by ALAS2023-2023-377, released October 10, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

RoutineFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
3.7
Low
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0596
93rd percentile

This flaw allows an attacker to insert cookies at will into a runningprogramusing libcurl, if the specific series of conditions are met.libcurl performs transfers. In its API, an application creates "easyhandles"that are the individual handles for single transfers.libcurl provides a function call that duplicates en easy handle called[curl_easy_duphandle](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_duphandle.html).If a transfer has cookies enabled when the handle is duplicated, thecookie-enable state is also cloned - but without cloning the actualcookies. If the source handle did not read any cookies from a specific fileondisk, the cloned version of the handle would instead store the file name as`none` (using the four ASCII letters, no quotes).Subsequent use of the cloned handle that does not explicitly set a sourcetoload cookies from would then inadvertently load cookies from a file named`none` - if such a file exists and is readable in the current directory oftheprogram using libcurl. And if using the correct file format of course.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
macOS
Monterey 12.7.3 Monterey 12.7.3 Jan 22, 2024
Ventura 13.6.4 Ventura 13.6.4 Jan 22, 2024
Linux
curl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 7.88.1-10+deb12u4 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38546 Oct 18, 2023
curl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 8.3.0-3 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38546 Oct 18, 2023
curl · Debian 14 8.3.0-3 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38546 Oct 18, 2023
curl · RHEL 8 0:7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 RHSA-2024:1601 Apr 2, 2024
curl · RHEL 9 0:7.76.1-26.el9_3.2 RHSA-2023:6745 Nov 7, 2023
curl · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2 curl 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2 Oct 10, 2023
curl · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20 curl 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20 Oct 10, 2023
curl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14 curl 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14 Oct 10, 2023
curl · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 curl 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 Oct 10, 2023
curl · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 curl 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 Jan 16, 2026
curl · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 curl 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 Jan 16, 2026
curl · almalinux 8 7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 ALSA-2024:1601 Apr 2, 2024
curl · almalinux 9 7.76.1-26.el9_3.2 ALSA-2023:6745 Nov 7, 2023
curl · amzn 2023 8.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-377 Oct 10, 2023
curl · ol 8 0:7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 ELSA-2024-1601 Apr 3, 2024
curl · ol 9 0:7.76.1-23.el9_2.4 ELSA-2023-5763 Oct 18, 2023
curl · rocky 8 0:7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 RLSA-2024:1601 Apr 5, 2024
curl · rocky 9 0:7.76.1-23.el9_2.4 RLSA-2023:5763 Oct 24, 2023
curl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 8.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-377 Oct 10, 2023
curl-debugsource · amzn 2023 8.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-377 Oct 10, 2023
curl-minimal · RHEL 9 0:7.76.1-26.el9_3.2 RHSA-2023:6745 Nov 7, 2023
curl-minimal · almalinux 9 7.76.1-26.el9_3.2 ALSA-2023:6745 Nov 7, 2023
curl-minimal · amzn 2023 8.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-377 Oct 10, 2023
curl-minimal · ol 9 0:7.76.1-23.el9_2.4 ELSA-2023-5763 Oct 18, 2023
curl-minimal-debuginfo · amzn 2023 8.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-377 Oct 10, 2023
ecs-service-connect-agent · amzn 2023 v1.27.2.0-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-420 Oct 30, 2023
libcurl · RHEL 8 0:7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 RHSA-2024:1601 Apr 2, 2024
libcurl · RHEL 9 0:7.76.1-26.el9_3.2 RHSA-2023:6745 Nov 7, 2023
libcurl · almalinux 8 7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 ALSA-2024:1601 Apr 2, 2024
libcurl · almalinux 9 7.76.1-26.el9_3.2 ALSA-2023:6745 Nov 7, 2023
libcurl · amzn 2023 8.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-377 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl · ol 8 0:7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 ELSA-2024-1601 Apr 3, 2024
libcurl · ol 9 0:7.76.1-23.el9_2.4 ELSA-2023-5763 Oct 18, 2023
libcurl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 8.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-377 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl-devel · RHEL 8 0:7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 RHSA-2024:1601 Apr 2, 2024
libcurl-devel · RHEL 9 0:7.76.1-26.el9_3.2 RHSA-2023:6745 Nov 7, 2023
libcurl-devel · almalinux 8 7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 ALSA-2024:1601 Apr 2, 2024
libcurl-devel · almalinux 9 7.76.1-26.el9_3.2 ALSA-2023:6745 Nov 7, 2023
libcurl-devel · amzn 2023 8.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-377 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl-devel · ol 8 0:7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 ELSA-2024-1601 Apr 3, 2024
libcurl-devel · ol 9 0:7.76.1-23.el9_2.4 ELSA-2023-5763 Oct 18, 2023
libcurl-minimal · RHEL 8 0:7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 RHSA-2024:1601 Apr 2, 2024
libcurl-minimal · RHEL 9 0:7.76.1-26.el9_3.2 RHSA-2023:6745 Nov 7, 2023
libcurl-minimal · almalinux 8 7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 ALSA-2024:1601 Apr 2, 2024
libcurl-minimal · almalinux 9 7.76.1-26.el9_3.2 ALSA-2023:6745 Nov 7, 2023
libcurl-minimal · amzn 2023 8.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-377 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl-minimal · ol 8 0:7.61.1-33.el8_9.5 ELSA-2024-1601 Apr 3, 2024
libcurl-minimal · ol 9 0:7.76.1-23.el9_2.4 ELSA-2023-5763 Oct 18, 2023
libcurl-minimal-debuginfo · amzn 2023 8.3.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-377 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl3-gnutls · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2 libcurl3-gnutls 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl3-gnutls · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20 libcurl3-gnutls 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl3-gnutls · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14 libcurl3-gnutls 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl3-gnutls · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 libcurl3-gnutls 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl3-nss · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2 libcurl3-nss 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl3-nss · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20 libcurl3-nss 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl3-nss · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14 libcurl3-nss 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl3-nss · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 libcurl3-nss 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl3t64-gnutls · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 libcurl3t64-gnutls 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 Jan 16, 2026
libcurl3t64-gnutls · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 libcurl3t64-gnutls 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 Jan 16, 2026
libcurl4 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2 libcurl4 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl4 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20 libcurl4 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl4 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14 libcurl4 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl4 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 libcurl4 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 Oct 10, 2023
libcurl4t64 · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 libcurl4t64 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 Jan 16, 2026
libcurl4t64 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 libcurl4t64 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 Jan 16, 2026

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