Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-42916

Title: Haxx Curl Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-42916.

CWE Category CWE-319
Published Date Oct 29, 2022
Modified Date Feb 13, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.64%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-42916: In curl before 7.86.0, the HSTS check could be bypassed to trick it into staying with HTTP. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS directly (instead of using an insecure cleartext HTTP step) even when HTTP is provided in the URL. This mechanism could be bypassed if the host name in the given URL uses IDN characters that get replaced with ASCII counterparts as part of the IDN conversion, e.g., using the character UTF-8 U+3002 (IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP) instead of the common ASCII full stop of U+002E (.). The earliest affected version is 7.77.0 2021-05-26.

Impacted Vendors

D
daniel_stenberg 1
H
haxx 1
S
splunk 1

Reference Links

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/19 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/20 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/21/1 https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-42916.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/37YEVVC6NAF6H7UHH6YAUY5QEVY6LIH2/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVU3IMZCKR4VE6KJ4GCWRL2ILLC6OV76/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q27V5YYMXUVI6PRZQVECON32XPVWTKDK/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0010/ https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213604 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213605 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/19 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/20 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/21/1 https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-42916.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/37YEVVC6NAF6H7UHH6YAUY5QEVY6LIH2/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVU3IMZCKR4VE6KJ4GCWRL2ILLC6OV76/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q27V5YYMXUVI6PRZQVECON32XPVWTKDK/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0010/ https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213604 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213605
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-42916 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.