CVE-2022-43551High· 7.5▾ MidnightPoC availableA vulnerability exists in curl <7.87.0 HSTS check that could be bypassed to trick it to keep using HTTP. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of using an insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is prov…
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 41.3 · likelihood 3.3 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Oct 14.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
17%
Exploit / PoC code exists
17% → 17%
A vulnerability exists in curl <7.87.0 HSTS check that could be bypassed to trick it to keep using HTTP. 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. However, the HSTS mechanism could be bypassed if the host name in the given URL first uses IDN characters that get replaced to ASCII counterparts as part of the IDN conversion. Like using the character UTF-8 U+3002 (IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP) instead of the common ASCII full stop (U+002E) .. Then in a subsequent request, it does not detect the HSTS state and makes a clear text transfer. Because it would store the info IDN encoded but look for it IDN decoded.
curl >= 7.77.0, < 7.87.0fedora = 37active_iq_unified_manageroncommand_insightoncommand_workflow_automationsnapcenteruniversal_forwarder >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.12universal_forwarder >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.6universal_forwarder = 9.1.0Upgrade past the affected range:
curl 7.87.0universal_forwarder 9.0.6Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
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