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CVE-2021-22897CURL-CVE-2021-22897

curl 7.61.0 through 7.76.1 suffers from exposure of data element to wrong session due to a mistake in the code for CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST w

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  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

curl 7.61.0 through 7.76.1 suffers from exposure of data element to wrong session due to a mistake in the code for CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST when libcurl is built to use the Schannel TLS library. The selected cipher set was stored in a single "static" variable in the library, which has the surprising side-effect that if an application sets up multiple concurrent transfers, the last one that sets the ciphers will accidentally control the set used by all transfers. In a worst-case scenario, this weakens transport security significantly.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a https://github.com/curl/curl

    7.61.0 through 7.76.1

References 8

hackerone.com

curl.se

GitHub · curl/curl

oracle.com

security.netapp.com

cert-portal.siemens.com