CVE-2020-8177
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.3%
curl 7.20.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to improper restriction of names for files and other resources that can lead too overwriting a local file when the -J flag is used.
- Affected
- https://github.com/curl/curl
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 70th percentile
- Published
- 2020-12-14
- Updated
- 2026-10-14
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8177.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html