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Echo: curl-7.69.1: security update to 7.69.1+e1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476237

Description

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

 - curl 7.21.0 to and including 7.73.0 is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion due to a stack overflow issue
 in FTP wildcard match parsing. (CVE-2020-8285)

Solution

Update the curl-7.69.1 library and its related packages to version 7.69.1+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2020-8285

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 476237

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/20/2026

Updated: 10/20/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8285

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8285