CVE-2020-8169

high

Description

curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that can lead to a partial password being leaked over the network and to the DNS server(s).

References

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https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-200951.pdf

https://hackerone.com/reports/874778

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-29053

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-389290.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-200951.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-12-14

Updated: 2026-10-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03926

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