CVE-2023-38545

critical
Published 2023-10-17 · Modified 2023-11-14
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Important: curl security update

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6745.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-5763.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2241938

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2241933

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:5763

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38545.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38545

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: support@hackerone.com — https://www.secpod.com/blog/high-severity-heap-buffer-overflow-vulnerability/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: support@hackerone.com — https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38545.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6745

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5763

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
arch archfixed8.4.0-1
debian debianbookwormfixed7.88.1-10+deb12u4
debian debianbullseyefixed7.74.0-1.3+deb11u10
debian debianforkyfixed8.3.0-3
debian debiansidfixed8.3.0-3
debian debiantrixiefixed8.3.0-3
suse slesaffected
rockylinux rocky9fixed
fedora fedora37affected
windows windowsaffected10.0.17763.5122

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
haxxlibcurl{"startIncluding":"7.69.0","endExcluding":"8.4.0"}8.4.0
netappactive_iq_unified_manager-
netapponcommand_insight-
netapponcommand_workflow_automation-

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.