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CVE-2020-8284

Published: Dec 14, 2020Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-200
3.7LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.9%
Top 10.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A malicious server can use the FTP PASV response to trick curl 7.73.0 and earlier into connecting back to a given IP address and port, and this way potentially make curl extract information about services that are otherwise private and not disclosed, for example doing port scanning and service banner extractions.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

fujitsu
commercial·JPaka m10-4 firmware, m10-1 firmware, m10-4s firmware
m10-1 firmware
Hardware Firmware
m10-4 firmware
Hardware Firmware
m10-4s firmware
Hardware Firmware
m12-1 firmware
Hardware Firmware
m12-2 firmware
Hardware Firmware
m12-2s firmware
Hardware Firmware
netapp
commercial·US
clustered data ontap
Hardware Firmware
hci management node
Hardware Firmware
solidfire
Hardware Firmware
hci storage node
Hardware Firmware
hci bootstrap os
Hardware Firmware
oracle
commercial·USaka oracle corp.
communications billing and revenue managementOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
communications cloud native core policyOn-premDatabase
Databases / cache-message-queue
essbaseOn-premDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
peoplesoft enterprise peopletoolsOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Common EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Daniel Stenberg
individual-devaka daniel.haxx.se, daniel stenberg (curl author)
cURLLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8284.html
curl.se
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/ec9cc725d598ac77de7b6df8afeec292b3c8ad46
github.com
https://hackerone.com/reports/1040166
hackerone.com
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