CVE-2020-8177 (GCVE-0-2020-8177)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-14 19:42 – Updated: 2026-04-15 21:05
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-15 21:05 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-99 - Resource Injection (CWE-99)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a https://github.com/curl/curl Affected: curl 7.20.0 to and including 7.70.0
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