CVE-2016-5420
curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of the connection by
02 Description
curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of the connection by
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 15.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-08-10 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 78f81244580202af19dda5173df269909bd53f453339bdcbaf419ec3b2a0967a
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2575http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3558https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- www.securityfocus.com92309http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92309
- source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
- www.slackware.comSSA:2016-219-01http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059
- www.securitytracker.com1036739http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739
- www.debian.orgDSA-3638http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2227http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html
- www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2379http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
- www.securitytracker.com1036537http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036537
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-24316f1f56https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLPXQQKURBQFM4XM6645VRPTOE2AWG33/
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- curl.haxx.sehttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803B.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-8354baae0fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3GQH4V3XAQ5Z53AMQRDEC3C3UHTW7QR/
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2957http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-47https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3048-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- curl Fixed in 7.50.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- curl Fixed in 7.50.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- curl Fixed in 7.50.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- curl Fixed in 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- curl Fixed in 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.