Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2021· Updated May 28, 2026
CVE-2021-22897
CVE-2021-22897
Description
curl 7.61.0 through 7.76.1 suffers from exposure of data element to wrong session due to a mistake in the code for CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST when libcurl is built to use the Schannel TLS library. The selected cipher set was stored in a single "static" variable in the library, which has the surprising side-effect that if an application sets up multiple concurrent transfers, the last one that sets the ciphers will accidentally control the set used by all transfers. In a worst-case scenario, this weakens transport security significantly.
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Affected products
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References
8- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- curl.se/docs/CVE-2021-22897.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/curl/curl/commit/bbb71507b7bab52002f9b1e0880bed6a32834511nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/1172857nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210727-0007/nvdThird Party Advisory
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