# CVE-2022-32208: When curl \< 7.84.0 does FTP transfers secured by krb5, it handles message verification failures wrongly.

- Also known as: CURL-CVE-2022-32208
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-07-07 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

- n/a https://github.com/curl/curl: Fixed in 7.84.0

## Description

When curl < 7.84.0 does FTP transfers secured by krb5, it handles message verification failures wrongly. This flaw makes it possible for a Man-In-The-Middle attack to go unnoticed and even allows it to inject data to the client.

## What to do

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## References

- https://hackerone.com/reports/1590071
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEV6BR4MTI3CEWK2YU2HQZUW5FAS3FEY/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00017.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0003/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01

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