CVE-2023-27538: https://github.com/curl/curl

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl prior to v8.0.0 where it reuses a previously established SSH connection despite the fact that an SSH option was modified, which should have pr…

CVSS 7.7 HighEPSS 0.015 · 73rd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: hackerone) at 30 Mar 2023, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Not given	https://github.com/curl/curl	affected Fixed in 8.0.0

Identifiers

CVE-2023-27538

CNA

hackerone

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-305

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.7	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.015, the 73rd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 30 Mar 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

hackerone.com/reports/1898475
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0010/
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00025.html mailing-list
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12 vendor-advisory

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.