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Vulnerability details: VCID-8bk1-uzgp-7ydp
Vulnerability ID VCID-8bk1-uzgp-7ydp
Aliases CVE-2020-8169
Summary 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).
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.9 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-8169.json
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
cvssv3.1 Medium https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8169
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8169
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1194
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-8169.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8169
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8169
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8177
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8231
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8284
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8285
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8286
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22876
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22890
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://hackerone.com/reports/874778
1847916 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1847916
965280 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965280
AVG-1194 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1194
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_infrastructure_network_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_infrastructure_network_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-8169 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8169
USN-4402-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4402-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-8169.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8169
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8169
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.12259
EPSS Score 0.00043
Published At Aug. 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:35:06.231090+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/edge/main.json 37.0.0