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Echo: curl-8.17.0: security update to 8.7.0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459598

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - libcurl skips the certificate verification for a QUIC connection under certain conditions, when built to
 use wolfSSL. If told to use an unknown/bad cipher or curve, the error path accidentally skips the
 verification and returns OK, thus ignoring any certificate problems. (CVE-2024-2379)

Solution

Update the curl-8.17.0 library and its related packages to version 8.7.0 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-2379

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 459598

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 58.02

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2379

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2379