CURL-CVE-2022-22576

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Source
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-22576.html
Import Source
https://curl.se/docs/CURL-CVE-2022-22576.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CURL-CVE-2022-22576
Aliases
Published
2022-04-27T08:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-27T10:58:29Z
Summary
OAUTH2 bearer bypass in connection reuse
Details

libcurl might reuse OAUTH2-authenticated connections without properly making sure that the connection was authenticated with the same credentials as set for this transfer. This affects SASL-enabled protocols: SMTP(S), IMAP(S), POP3(S) and LDAP(S) (OpenLDAP only).

libcurl maintains a pool of live connections after a transfer has completed (sometimes called the connection cache). This pool of connections is then gone through when a new transfer is requested and if there is a live connection available that can be reused, it is preferred instead of creating a new one.

Due to this security vulnerability, a connection that is successfully created and authenticated with a username + OAUTH2 bearer could subsequently be erroneously reused even for user + [other OAUTH2 bearer], even though that might not even be a valid bearer. This could lead to an authentication bypass, either by mistake or by a malicious actor.

Database specific 
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    "affects": "both",
    "last_affected": "7.82.0",
    "www": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-22576.html",
    "severity": "Medium",
    "CWE": {
        "desc": "Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness",
        "id": "CWE-305"
    },
    "award": {
        "amount": "2400",
        "currency": "USD"
    },
    "issue": "https://hackerone.com/reports/1526328",
    "package": "curl",
    "URL": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-22576.json"
}
References
Credits
    • Patrick Monnerat - FINDER
    • Patrick Monnerat - REMEDIATION_DEVELOPER

Affected packages

Git / github.com/curl/curl.git

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
7.33.0
Fixed
7.83.0
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/curl/curl.git
Events
Introduced
19a05c908f7d8be82de6f69f533317d8a0db49dd
Fixed
852aa5ad351ea53e5f01d2f44b5b4370c2bf5425

Affected versions

7.*

7.33.0
7.34.0
7.35.0
7.36.0
7.37.0
7.37.1
7.38.0
7.39.0
7.40.0
7.41.0
7.42.0
7.42.1
7.43.0
7.44.0
7.45.0
7.46.0
7.47.0
7.47.1
7.48.0
7.49.0
7.49.1
7.50.0
7.50.1
7.50.2
7.50.3
7.51.0
7.52.0
7.52.1
7.53.0
7.53.1
7.54.0
7.54.1
7.55.0
7.55.1
7.56.0
7.56.1
7.57.0
7.58.0
7.59.0
7.60.0
7.61.0
7.61.1
7.62.0
7.63.0
7.64.0
7.64.1
7.65.0
7.65.1
7.65.2
7.65.3
7.66.0
7.67.0
7.68.0
7.69.0
7.69.1
7.70.0
7.71.0
7.71.1
7.72.0
7.73.0
7.74.0
7.75.0
7.76.0
7.76.1
7.77.0
7.78.0
7.79.0
7.79.1
7.80.0
7.81.0
7.82.0

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