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CVE-2021-22923 Details

Description

When curl is instructed to get content using the metalink feature, and a user name and password are used to download the metalink XML file, those same credentials are then subsequently passed on to each of the servers from which curl will download or try to download the contents from. Often contrary to the user's expectations and intentions and without telling the user it happened.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1213181 CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FRUCW2UVNYUDZF72DQLFQR4PJEC6CF7V/ CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0003/ CVEThird Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information[email protected]
CWE-522Insufficiently Protected Credentials[email protected]
CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-22923
NVD Published Date:
Aug 5, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-22923 Details - Not Deferred