CVE-2020-8169
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 3.93 % · percentile 90 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- hackerone
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that can lead to a partial password being leaked over the network and to the DNS server(s).
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-29053
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2020-8169
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0199 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-1015 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0701 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Splunk · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0428 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Splunk · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-216 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2021-AVI-442 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2020-AVI-423 — Vulnérabilité dans PHP · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 7.62.0 ≤ 7.70.0cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_tim_1531_irc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 2.2cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_infrastructure_network_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 1.0.1.1cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.2.0 < 8.2.12cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.0.0 < 9.0.6cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/curl/curl | affected libcurl 7.62.0 to and including 7.70.0 |
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/874778
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-200951.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-200951.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-389290.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |