CVE-2022-32207
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 0.23%Published: 7/7/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/curlfrom 0, < 7.79.1-r2
- Debian/curlfrom 0, < 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |