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CVE-2022-32207 curl

Affected softwarecurl
Severity9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 3 scores
WeaknessCWE-840
Published7 Jul 2022
Updated14 Oct 2026

Description

When curl < 7.84.0 saves cookies, alt-svc and hsts data to local files, it makes the operation atomic by finalizing the operation with a rename from a temporary name to the final target file name.In that rename operation, it might accidentally *widen* the permissions for the target file, leaving the updated file accessible to more users than intended.

CWE-276

Exploitation status

Proof of concept only

A proof of concept exists, but no reviewed exploit catalogue lists this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: poc CISA recorded that an exploit has been demonstrated. Automatable: yes, technical impact: total.
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 12% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CISA-ADP Secondary
CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2022 ↗ CPU 2022-Q4 Oracle MySQL / Enterprise Backup: Security (cURL) (4.1.4 and prior)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle MySQL Enterprise Backup: Security (cURL) 4.1.4 and prior

Products and versions

14 products, 16 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apple macos generic < 13.0
nvd debian debian linux generic 11.0
nvd fedoraproject fedora generic 35
nvd haxx curl generic ≥ 7.69.0 and < 7.84.0
nvd netapp bootstrap os generic any version
nvd netapp clustered data ontap generic any version
nvd netapp element software generic any version
nvd netapp h300s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h410s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h500s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h700s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp hci management node generic any version
nvd netapp solidfire generic any version
nvd splunk universal forwarder generic ≥ 8.2.0 and < 8.2.12 · ≥ 9.0.0 and < 9.0.6 · 9.1.0

References

URLTags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1573634 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEV6BR4MTI3CEWK2YU2HQZUW5FAS3FEY/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197 Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-146325.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

Timeline

Published2022-07-07By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-10-14NVD's own last-modified date for this record.