CURL-CVE-2023-27534

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Source
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-27534.html
Import Source
https://curl.se/docs/CURL-CVE-2023-27534.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CURL-CVE-2023-27534
Aliases
Published
2023-03-20T08:00:00Z
Modified
2026-05-18T23:10:34.317094Z
Summary
SFTP path ~ resolving discrepancy
Details

curl supports SFTP transfers. curl's SFTP implementation offers a special feature in the path component of URLs: a tilde (~) character as the first path element in the path to denotes a path relative to the user's home directory. This is supported because of wording in the once proposed to-become RFC draft that was to dictate how SFTP URLs work.

Due to a bug, the handling of the tilde in SFTP path did however not only replace it when it is used stand-alone as the first path element but also wrongly when used as a mere prefix in the first element.

Using a path like /~2/foo when accessing a server using the user dan (with home directory /home/dan) would then quite surprisingly access the file /home/dan2/foo.

This can be taken advantage of to circumvent filtering or worse.

Database specific 
{
    "last_affected": "7.88.1",
    "award": {
        "currency": "USD",
        "amount": "480"
    },
    "severity": "Low",
    "affects": "both",
    "CWE": {
        "desc": "Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory",
        "id": "CWE-22"
    },
    "www": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-27534.html",
    "URL": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-27534.json",
    "issue": "https://hackerone.com/reports/1892351",
    "package": "curl"
}
References
Credits
    • Harry Sintonen - FINDER
    • Daniel Stenberg - REMEDIATION_DEVELOPER

Affected packages

Git / github.com/curl/curl.git

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
7.18.0
Fixed
8.0.0
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/curl/curl.git
Events
Introduced
ba6f20a2442ab1ebfe947cff19a552f92114a29a
Fixed
4e2b52b5f7a3bf50a0f1494155717b02cc1df6d6

Affected versions

7.*
7.18.0
7.18.1
7.18.2
7.19.0
7.19.1
7.19.2
7.19.3
7.19.4
7.19.5
7.19.6
7.19.7
7.20.0
7.20.1
7.21.0
7.21.1
7.21.2
7.21.3
7.21.4
7.21.5
7.21.6
7.21.7
7.22.0
7.23.0
7.23.1
7.24.0
7.25.0
7.26.0
7.27.0
7.28.0
7.28.1
7.29.0
7.30.0
7.31.0
7.32.0
7.33.0
7.34.0
7.35.0
7.36.0
7.37.0
7.37.1
7.38.0
7.39.0
7.40.0
7.41.0
7.42.0
7.42.1
7.43.0
7.44.0
7.45.0
7.46.0
7.47.0
7.47.1
7.48.0
7.49.0
7.49.1
7.50.0
7.50.1
7.50.2
7.50.3
7.51.0
7.52.0
7.52.1
7.53.0
7.53.1
7.54.0
7.54.1
7.55.0
7.55.1
7.56.0
7.56.1
7.57.0
7.58.0
7.59.0
7.60.0
7.61.0
7.61.1
7.62.0
7.63.0
7.64.0
7.64.1
7.65.0
7.65.1
7.65.2
7.65.3
7.66.0
7.67.0
7.68.0
7.69.0
7.69.1
7.70.0
7.71.0
7.71.1
7.72.0
7.73.0
7.74.0
7.75.0
7.76.0
7.76.1
7.77.0
7.78.0
7.79.0
7.79.1
7.80.0
7.81.0
7.82.0
7.83.0
7.83.1
7.84.0
7.85.0
7.86.0
7.87.0
7.88.0
7.88.1
Other
curl-7_18_0
curl-7_18_1
curl-7_18_2
curl-7_19_0
curl-7_19_1
curl-7_19_2
curl-7_19_3
curl-7_19_4
curl-7_19_5
curl-7_19_6
curl-7_19_7
curl-7_20_0
curl-7_20_1
curl-7_21_0
curl-7_21_1
curl-7_21_2
curl-7_21_3
curl-7_21_4
curl-7_21_5
curl-7_21_6
curl-7_21_7
curl-7_22_0
curl-7_23_0
curl-7_23_1
curl-7_25_0
curl-7_26_0
curl-7_27_0
curl-7_28_0
curl-7_28_1
curl-7_29_0
curl-7_30_0
curl-7_31_0
curl-7_32_0
curl-7_33_0
curl-7_34_0
curl-7_35_0
curl-7_36_0
curl-7_37_0
curl-7_37_1
curl-7_38_0
curl-7_39_0
curl-7_40_0
curl-7_41_0
curl-7_42_0
curl-7_43_0
curl-7_44_0
curl-7_45_0
curl-7_46_0
curl-7_47_0
curl-7_47_1
curl-7_48_0
curl-7_49_0
curl-7_49_1
curl-7_50_0
curl-7_50_1
curl-7_50_2
curl-7_50_3
curl-7_51_0
curl-7_52_0
curl-7_52_1
curl-7_53_0
curl-7_53_1
curl-7_54_0
curl-7_54_1
curl-7_55_0
curl-7_55_1
curl-7_56_0
curl-7_56_1
curl-7_57_0
curl-7_58_0
curl-7_59_0
curl-7_60_0
curl-7_61_0
curl-7_61_1
curl-7_62_0
curl-7_63_0
curl-7_64_0
curl-7_64_1
curl-7_65_0
curl-7_65_1
curl-7_65_2
curl-7_65_3
curl-7_66_0
curl-7_67_0
curl-7_68_0
curl-7_69_0
curl-7_69_1
curl-7_70_0
curl-7_71_0
curl-7_71_1
curl-7_72_0
curl-7_73_0
curl-7_74_0
curl-7_75_0
curl-7_76_0
curl-7_76_1
curl-7_77_0
curl-7_78_0
curl-7_79_0
curl-7_79_1
curl-7_80_0
curl-7_81_0
curl-7_82_0
curl-7_83_0
curl-7_83_1
curl-7_84_0
curl-7_85_0
curl-7_86_0
curl-7_87_0
curl-7_88_0
curl-7_88_1

Database specific

vanir_signatures 
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        "source": "https://github.com/curl/curl.git/commit/4e2b52b5f7a3bf50a0f1494155717b02cc1df6d6",
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]
source 
"https://curl.se/docs/CURL-CVE-2023-27534.json"
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-05-18T23:10:34Z"