When curl is instructed to get content using the metalink feature, and a user name and password are used to download the metalink XML file, those same credentials are then subsequently passed on to each of the servers from which curl will download or try to download the contents from. Often contrary to the user's expectations and intentions and without telling the user it happened.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2021-08-05T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:58:26.153Z

Reserved: 2021-01-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-22923

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-08-05T21:15:11.293

Modified: 2024-03-27T15:11:51.407

Link: CVE-2021-22923

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-07-21T06:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-22923 - Bugzilla