Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-22923

Title: Credentials Leak in curl metalink feature

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-22923.

CWE Category CWE-319
Published Date Aug 05, 2021
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.84%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-22923: When curl is instructed to get content using the metalink feature, and a user name and password are used to download the metalink XML file, those same credentials are then subsequently passed on to each of the servers from which curl will download or try to download the contents from. Often contrary to the user's expectations and intentions and without telling the user it happened.

Impacted Vendors

S
splunk 1
S
sercomm 1
D
daniel_stenberg 1
H
haxx 1
N
netapp 11
M
mysql 1
O
oracle 1
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siemens 1

Reference Links

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf https://hackerone.com/reports/1213181 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FRUCW2UVNYUDZF72DQLFQR4PJEC6CF7V/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0003/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf https://hackerone.com/reports/1213181 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FRUCW2UVNYUDZF72DQLFQR4PJEC6CF7V/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0003/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-22923 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.