CVE-2020-8284

LowCVSS 3.7/10Last modified Oct 14, 2026

Description

A malicious server can use the FTP PASV response to trick curl 7.73.0 and earlier into connecting back to a given IP address and port, and this way potentially make curl extract information about services that are otherwise private and not disclosed, for example doing port scanning and service banner extractions.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 3.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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