# CVE-2022-27774: An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability exists in curl 4.9 to and include curl 7.82.0 are affected that could allow an attacke

- Also known as: CURL-CVE-2022-27774
- Severity: CVSS 5.7 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-06-01 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

- n/a https://github.com/curl/curl: curl 4.9 to and include curl 7.82.0 are affected

## Description

An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability exists in curl 4.9 to and include curl 7.82.0 are affected that could allow an attacker to extract credentials when follows HTTP(S) redirects is used with authentication could leak credentials to other services that exist on different protocols or port numbers.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a https://github.com/curl/curl, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://hackerone.com/reports/1543773
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220609-0008/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00028.html

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