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.
Published: 2020-12-14
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2295-1 curl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4881-1 curl security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4402-1 curl vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Fujitsu M10-1 M10-1 Firmware M10-4 M10-4 Firmware M10-4s M10-4s Firmware M12-1 M12-1 Firmware M12-2 M12-2 Firmware M12-2s M12-2s Firmware
Haxx Curl
Redhat Enterprise Linux Openshift Do Rhel Eus
Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services
Splunk Universal Forwarder
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-15T21:05:19.842Z

Reserved: 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8177

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:56:26.901Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-14T20:15:13.497

Modified: 2026-04-15T21:17:03.103

Link: CVE-2020-8177

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-06-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-8177 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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