CVE-2022-32207

high-risk
Published 2022-07-07

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.20% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (15)

Affected Vendors

Debian Apple Haxx Fedoraproject Netapp Splunk

References (16)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
Exploit https://hackerone.com/reports/1573634
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
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
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
Exploit https://hackerone.com/reports/1573634
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
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
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate