curl up to 8.0.1 IDN Wildcard certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in curl. Affected is an unknown function of the component IDN Wildcard Handler. Such manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-28321. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in curl (Network Utility Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component IDN Wildcard Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 05/17/2023. The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-28321 since 03/14/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1587.003 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 276313 (TencentOS Server 3: curl (TSSA-2023:0172)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 8.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (276313) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-32028). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 276313
Nessus Name: TencentOS Server 3: curl (TSSA-2023:0172)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: curl 8.1.0

Timelineinfo

03/14/2023 🔍
05/17/2023 +63 days 🔍
05/17/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/04/2025 +932 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2023-37eac50e9b
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-28321 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-28321
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-229250
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/17/2023 11:42
Updated: 12/04/2025 19:32
Changes: 05/17/2023 11:42 (38), 06/10/2023 09:13 (2), 06/10/2023 09:18 (11), 01/15/2025 17:57 (29), 11/24/2025 00:25 (2), 12/04/2025 19:32 (1)
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