CVE-2021-22947

MEDIUM

curl >=7.20.0 <=7.78.0 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When curl >= 7.20.0 and <= 7.78.0 connects to an IMAP or POP3 server to retrieve data using STARTTLS to upgrade to TLS security, the server can respond and send back multiple responses at once that curl caches. curl would then upgrade to TLS but not flush the in-queue of cached responses but instead continue using and trustingthe responses it got *before* the TLS handshake as if they were authenticated.Using this flaw, it allows a Man-In-The-Middle attacker to first inject the fake responses, then pass-through the TLS traffic from the legitimate server and trick curl into sending data back to the user thinking the attacker's injected data comes from the TLS-protected server.

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00022.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1334763
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213183

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 48.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-310 CWE-345
Status published
Products (37)
None/https://github.com/curl/curl curl 7.20.0 to and including 7.78.0
apple/macos < 12.3
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 35
haxx/curl 7.20.0 - 7.79.0
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/clustered_data_ontap
... and 27 more
Published Sep 29, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026