CVE-2021-22898
LOW 3.1EPSS 4.5%
curl 7.7 through 7.76.1 suffers from an information disclosure when the `-t` command line option, known as `CURLOPT_TELNETOPTIONS` in libcurl, is used to send variable=content pairs to TELNET servers. Due to a flaw in the option parser for sending NEW_ENV variables, libcurl could be made to pass on uninitialized data from a stack based buffer to the server, resulting in potentially revealing sensitive internal information to the server using a clear-text network protocol.
- Affected
- https://github.com/curl/curl
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 2.6 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 4.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 91st percentile
- Published
- 2021-06-11
- Updated
- 2026-10-14
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/21/4
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- curl/curl/commit/39ce47f219b09c380b81f89fe54ac586c8db6bde
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1176461
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc713534b10f9daeee2e0990239fa407e2118e4aa9e88a704117…
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00017.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/…
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html