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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-32207

When curl < 7.84.0 saves cookies, alt-svc and hsts data to local files, it makes the operation atomic by finalizing the operation with a rename from a temporary name to the final target file name.In that rename operation, it might accidentally *widen*…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 12.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

When curl < 7.84.0 saves cookies, alt-svc and hsts data to local files, it makes the operation atomic by finalizing the operation with a rename from a temporary name to the final target file name.In that rename operation, it might accidentally *widen* the permissions for the target file, leaving the updated file accessible to more users than intended.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
12.32% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-840, CWE-276
Affected
haxx/curl · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · netapp/clustered data ontap · netapp/element software · netapp/hci management node · netapp/solidfire · netapp/bootstrap os · netapp/h300s firmware · netapp/h500s firmware · netapp/h700s firmware · netapp/h410s firmware · apple/macos · splunk/universal forwarder
Source
support@hackerone.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%15 October 2026: 12.32%3 November 2026: 12.32%15 October 20263 November 2026

EPSS moved from 12.3% on 15 October 2026 to 12.3% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.