CVE-2023-27534

HIGH

curl < 8.0.0 - Path Traversal via SFTP Tilde Character Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element, in addition to its intended use as the first element to indicate a path relative to the user's home directory. Attackers can exploit this flaw to bypass filtering or execute arbitrary code by crafting a path like /~2/foo while accessing a server with a specific user.

References (5)

Core 5

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 19.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (10)
broadcom/brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware
fedoraproject/fedora 36
haxx/curl 7.18.0 - 7.88.1
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager
netapp/h300s_firmware
netapp/h410s_firmware
netapp/h500s_firmware
netapp/h700s_firmware
splunk/universal_forwarder 9.1.0
splunk/universal_forwarder 8.2.0 - 8.2.12
Published Mar 30, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026