Directory Traversal Affecting curl-minimal package, versions <0:7.76.1-26.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.2% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-CURLMINIMAL-12331359
  • published1 Sept 2025
  • disclosed20 Mar 2023

Introduced: 20 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-27534  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 curl-minimal to version 0:7.76.1-26.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6679.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl-minimal package and not the curl-minimal package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde () character to be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element, in addition to its intended use as the first element to indicate a path relative to the user's home directory. Attackers can exploit this flaw to bypass filtering or execute arbitrary code by crafting a path like /2/foo while accessing a server with a specific user.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1