Security advisory

{
  "id": "7ebda561e9d3a45cd0b0ade48df7ba157b69c33d8b490b3669c5d39c35477365",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8169",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "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).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-8169",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-8169",
      "aliases": [
        "CURL-CVE-2020-8169",
        "CVE-2020-8169"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/curl/curl",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "196677150f711a96c38ed123e621f1d4e995b2e5"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "53cdc2c963e33bc0cc1a51ad2df79396202e07f8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "7.62.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "7.70.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "curl-7_70_0",
            "curl-7_69_1",
            "curl-7_69_0",
            "curl-7_68_0",
            "curl-7_67_0",
            "curl-7_66_0",
            "curl-7_65_3",
            "curl-7_65_2",
            "curl-7_65_1",
            "curl-7_65_0",
            "curl-7_64_1",
            "curl-7_64_0",
            "curl-7_63_0",
            "curl-7_62_0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8169.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:42.530435189Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "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",
        "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-200951.pdf",
        "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.html",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881",
        "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/874778"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_tim_1531_irc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "siemens:simatic_tim_1531_irc_firmware",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "2.2"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_infrastructure_network_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "siemens:sinec_infrastructure_network_services",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "1.0.1.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "splunk:universal_forwarder",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.2.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "8.2.12"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "9.0.6"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "10.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "splunk:universal_forwarder",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.1.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.1.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-8169",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435406,
  "published_at": "2020-12-14T20:15:13.357+00:00"
}