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CVE-2023-23914

A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functional

A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality fail when multiple URLs are requested serially. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of usingan insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the URL. ThisHSTS mechanism would however surprisingly be ignored by subsequent transferswhen done on the same command line because the state would not be properlycarried on.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 EPSS 0.00111
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules7 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
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Affected Products & Versions

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haxx curl>= 7.77.0 and < 7.88.0
netapp active iq unified managerall versions
netapp clustered data ontapall versions
netapp h300s firmwareall versions
netapp h500s firmwareall versions
netapp h700s firmwareall versions
netapp h410s firmwareall versions
splunk universal forwarder>= 8.2.0 and < 8.2.12
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pochackerone.com · 1813864hackerone.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

7
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Download and Execute Pattern via Curl/Wget
producthighSuspicious File Download From File Sharing Domain Via Curl.EXE
producthighSuspicious File Download From IP Via Curl.EXE
producthighCurl Download And Execute Combination
producthighSuspicious Curl.EXE Download
productmediumSuspicious Curl File Upload - Linux
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Scoring & Timeline

9.1
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · support@hackerone.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD23 Feb 2023 · 08:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

9
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:12735-1
siemens-csafSSA-398330
rhsaRHSA-2023:3355Low
rhsaRHSA-2023:3354Low
usnUSN-5891-1
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230309-0006/Third Party Advisory
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