CVE-2020-8284 (GCVE-0-2020-8284)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-14 19:38 – Updated: 2026-04-16 13:59
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-16 13:56 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Information Disclosure (CWE-200)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a https://github.com/curl/curl Affected: 7.73.0 and earlier
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