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CVE-2023-27534

A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element, in addition to its intended use as the first element to indicate a path relative to the user's home directory. Attackers can exploit this flaw to bypass filtering or execute arbitrary code by crafting a path like /~2/foo…

Severity
High 8.8
Published
30 Mar 2023
Last changed
23 Oct 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
curlServers and applications · cpe:a:haxx:curl
  • From 7.18.0 up to 7.88.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27534
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27534