CVE-2020-8169 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-8169

curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure...

Vulnerability Description

curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that can lead to a partial password being leaked over the network and to the DNS server(s).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

https://github.com/curl/curl
Vulnerable Versions:
libcurl 7.62.0 to and including 7.70.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 14th, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)