Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-27536

Title: Authentication Bypass in libcurl SSH connection reuse

Authentication Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-27536.

CWE Category CWE-287
Published Date Mar 30, 2023
Modified Date Feb 14, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.9 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.01%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-27536: An authentication bypass vulnerability exists libcurl <8.0.0 in the connection reuse feature which can reuse previously established connections with incorrect user permissions due to a failure to check for changes in the CURLOPT_GSSAPI_DELEGATION option. This vulnerability affects krb5/kerberos/negotiate/GSSAPI transfers and could potentially result in unauthorized access to sensitive information. The safest option is to not reuse connections if the CURLOPT_GSSAPI_DELEGATION option has been changed.

Impacted Vendors

H
haxx 1
L
libcurl 1
N
netapp 6
S
splunk 1
S
sercomm 1

Reference Links

https://hackerone.com/reports/1895135 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00025.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36NBD5YLJXXEDZLDGNFCERWRYJQ6LAQW/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0010/ https://hackerone.com/reports/1895135 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00025.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36NBD5YLJXXEDZLDGNFCERWRYJQ6LAQW/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0010/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity MEDIUM
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-27536 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 NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.