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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2023-23915
HistoryFeb 23, 2023 - 8:15 p.m.

Design/Logic Flaw

2023-02-2320:15:00
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7
cleartext transmission
vulnerability
curl v7.88.0
hsts functionality
parallel requests
https
http step

7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.1%

A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality to behave incorrectly when multiple URLs are requested in parallel. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of using an insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the URL. This HSTS mechanism would however surprisingly fail when multiple transfers are done in parallel as the HSTS cache file gets overwritten by the most recentlycompleted transfer. A later HTTP-only transfer to the earlier host name would then not get upgraded properly to HSTS.