High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2020· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2020-8177
CVE-2020-8177
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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Affected products
42- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_infrastructure_network_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <1.0.1.1
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=8.2.0,<8.2.12
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords30 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/curl&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/curl&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/curl-mini&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/curl-mini&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/curl-openssl1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011-SECURITY
< 7.60.0-lp151.5.12.1+ 29 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-lp151.5.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.66.0-lp152.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-lp151.5.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.66.0-lp152.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-3.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-3.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-3.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.66.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-70.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-70.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-4.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-11.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-3.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-4.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-11.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-3.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-4.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-11.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-70.47.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/887462nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8177.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881nvdThird Party Advisory
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