CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2023-27536 — Haxx Libcurl security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.9

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists libcurl <8.0.0 in the connection reuse feature which can reuse previously established connections with incorrect user permissions due to a failure to check for changes in the CURLOPT_GSSAPI_DELEGATION option. This vulnerability affects krb5/kerberos/negotiate/GSSAPI transfers and could potentially result in unauthorized access to sensitive information. The safest option is to not reuse connections if the CURLOPT_GSSAPI_DELEGATION option has been changed.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.9 (3.1)
Published
2023-03-30
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-305, CWE-287

Affected products

  • haxx / libcurl
  • fedoraproject / fedora / 36
  • debian / debian_linux / 10.0
  • netapp / active_iq_unified_manager
  • netapp / h300s_firmware
  • netapp / h500s_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Authentication bypass and missing authentication

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Check exposure

  • Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
  • Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
  • Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
  • Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.

Authoritative sources

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