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CVE-2020-8169
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2020-12-14 · updated 2026-10-14
- Weakness: CWE-200
Description
curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that can lead to a partial password being leaked over the network and to the DNS server(s).
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 10.0
- curl: from 7.62.0 through 7.70.0
- Siemens Simatic Tim 1531 Irc Firmware: before 2.2 — fixed in 2.2
- Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services: before 1.0.1.1 — fixed in 1.0.1.1
- Splunk Universal Forwarder: from 8.2.0 before 8.2.12; from 9.0.0 before 9.0.6; 9.1.0 — fixed in 8.2.12, 9.0.6
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens Simatic Tim 1531 Irc Firmware 2.2; Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services 1.0.1.1; Splunk Universal Forwarder 8.2.12, 9.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-200951.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/874778
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-200951.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/874778
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-200951.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-389290.html
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