CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-27774

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Jun 02, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.7
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
3.5 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability exists in curl 4.9 to and include curl 7.82.0 are affected that could allow an attacker to extract credentials when follows HTTP(S) redirects is used with authentication could leak credentials to other services that exist on different protocols or port numbers.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
CurlHaxx4.9 (including)7.82.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatcurl-0:7.61.1-22.el8_6.3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatcurl-0:7.76.1-14.el9_0.4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatcurl-0:7.76.1-14.el9_0.4*
CurlUbuntubionic*
CurlUbuntudevel*
CurlUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
CurlUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
CurlUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
CurlUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
CurlUbuntufocal*
CurlUbuntuimpish*
CurlUbuntujammy*
CurlUbuntutrusty/esm*
CurlUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References