CVE-2020-8286
curl 7.41.0 through 7.73.0 is vulnerable to an improper check for certificate revocation due to insufficient verification of the OCSP response.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
curl 7.41.0 through 7.73.0 is vulnerable to an improper check for certificate revocation due to insufficient verification of the OCSP response.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.63% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- haxx/libcurl · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · netapp/clustered data ontap · netapp/hci management node · netapp/solidfire · netapp/hci bootstrap os · netapp/hci storage node firmware · apple/mac os x · apple/macos · siemens/simatic tim 1531 irc firmware · siemens/sinec infrastructure network services · oracle/communications billing and revenue management · oracle/communications cloud native core policy · oracle/essbase · oracle/peoplesoft enterprise peopletools · splunk/universal forwarder
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
EPSS 4.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/50Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/54Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-200951.pdfThird Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8286.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1048457Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAEHE2S2QLO4AO4MEEYL75NB7SAH5PSL/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NZUVSQHN2ESHMJXNQ2Z7T2EELBB5HJXG/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0007/Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/50Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/54Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-200951.pdfThird Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8286.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1048457Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAEHE2S2QLO4AO4MEEYL75NB7SAH5PSL/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NZUVSQHN2ESHMJXNQ2Z7T2EELBB5HJXG/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.