CVE-2020-8169

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Nov 2, 2026

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).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	https://github.com/curl/curl	libcurl 7.62.0 to and including 7.70.0
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	>= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	>= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP	>= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP	>= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5
Siemens	SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	>= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-200951.pdfThird Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.htmlVendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/874778Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-200951.pdfThird Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.htmlVendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/874778Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-200951.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-389290.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

Timeline

Published: Dec 14, 2020
Last modified: Nov 2, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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