CVE-2023-46219

medium

Published 2023-12-12 · Modified 2026-05-12

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CVSS v3

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

When saving HSTS data to an excessively long file name, curl could end up removing all contents, making subsequent requests using that file unaware of the HSTS status they should otherwise use.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

63%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`7.88.1-10+deb12u5`
debian	bullseye	affected
debian	forky	fixed	`8.5.0-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`8.5.0-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`8.5.0-1`
sles		affected
fedora	38	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
haxx	curl	`{"startIncluding":"7.84.0","endExcluding":"8.5.0"}`	`8.5.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-311

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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