| CVE-2022-42916 | Date: (C)2022-10-31 (M)2024-05-16 |
In curl before 7.86.0, the HSTS check could be bypassed to trick it into staying with HTTP. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS directly (instead of using an insecure cleartext HTTP step) even when HTTP is provided in the URL. This mechanism could be bypassed if the host name in the given URL uses IDN characters that get replaced with ASCII counterparts as part of the IDN conversion, e.g., using the character UTF-8 U+3002 (IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP) instead of the common ASCII full stop of U+002E (.). The earliest affected version is 7.77.0 2021-05-26.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 7.5 | CVSS Score : |
| Exploit Score: 3.9 | Exploit Score: |
| Impact Score: 3.6 | Impact Score: |
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| Attack Vector: NETWORK | Access Vector: |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: |
| Privileges Required: NONE | Authentication: |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: |
| Confidentiality: HIGH | Availability: |
| Integrity: NONE | |
| Availability: NONE | |
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