CVE-2020-8177

7.8 HIGH

Published: December 14, 2020 Modified: April 15, 2026

Description

curl 7.20.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to improper restriction of names for files and other resources that can lead too overwriting a local file when the -J flag is used.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

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Patch Third Party Advisory

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8177.html

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Vendor Advisory

https://hackerone.com/reports/887462

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Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

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Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

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Patch Third Party Advisory

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