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Vulnerability details: VCID-yy2j-s6sn-vqd7
Vulnerability ID VCID-yy2j-s6sn-vqd7
Aliases CVE-2020-8177
Summary curl 7.20.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to improper restriction of names for files and other resources that can lead too overwriting a local file when the -J flag is used.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-641 Improper Restriction of Names for Files and Other Resources
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.4 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-8177.json
epss 0.00021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00021 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
epss 0.00028 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
cvssv3.1 Medium https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8177.html
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8177
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8177
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1194
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-8177.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-8177
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8177.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/887462
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
1847915 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1847915
965281 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965281
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-2020-8177 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8177
RHSA-2020:4599 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4599
RHSA-2020:5002 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5002
RHSA-2020:5417 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5417
RHSA-2021:0949 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0949
USN-4402-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4402-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-8177.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:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8177
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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8177
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 0.04067
EPSS Score 0.00021
Published At Aug. 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:30:09.781965+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.22/main.json 37.0.0