CVE-2023-27535

2023-03-3000:00:00

CWE-305

hackerone

www.cve.org

authentication

libcurl

ftp

connection reuse

wrong credentials

vulnerability

unauthorized access

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

51.9%

JSON

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl <8.0.0 in the FTP connection reuse feature that can result in wrong credentials being used during subsequent transfers. Previously created connections are kept in a connection pool for reuse if they match the current setup. However, certain FTP settings such as CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT, CURLOPT_FTP_ALTERNATIVE_TO_USER, CURLOPT_FTP_SSL_CCC, and CURLOPT_USE_SSL were not included in the configuration match checks, causing them to match too easily. This could lead to libcurl using the wrong credentials when performing a transfer, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive information.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "https://github.com/curl/curl",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "Fixed in 8.0.0",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]