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TI-2016-06140 Aliases CVE-2016-7141GHSA-vx32-35rm-8jq5

curl and libcurl before 7.50.2, when built with NSS and the libnsspem.so library is…

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 14 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

curl and libcurl before 7.50.2, when built with NSS and the libnsspem.so library is available at runtime, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection by leveraging reuse of a previously loaded client certificate from file for a connection for which no certificate has been set, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5420.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0818 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 14 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*42.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 7.50.1VulnerableHaxx
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 42.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.50.1 Vulnerable ·Haxx

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2018:3558 Released 2018-11-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    httpd24 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) httpd24-curl-7.61.1-1.el6, httpd24-httpd-2.4.34-7.el6, httpd24-httpd-devel-2.4.34-7.el6 +11
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) httpd24-curl-7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd-2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-httpd-devel-2.4.34-7.el7 +12
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) httpd24-curl-7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd-2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-httpd-devel-2.4.34-7.el7 +12
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) httpd24-curl-7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd-2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-httpd-devel-2.4.34-7.el7 +12
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) httpd24-curl-7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd-2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-httpd-devel-2.4.34-7.el7 +12
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) httpd24-curl-7.61.1-1.el6, httpd24-httpd-2.4.34-7.el6, httpd24-httpd-devel-2.4.34-7.el6 +11
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) httpd24-curl-7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd-2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-httpd-devel-2.4.34-7.el7 +12
  • RHSA-2016:2957 Released 2016-12-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP 2.4.23 Release
    • Red Hat JBoss Core Services
  • RHSA-2016:2575 Released 2016-11-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    curl security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) curl-7.29.0-35.el7, libcurl-7.29.0-35.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libcurl-devel-7.29.0-35.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) curl-7.29.0-35.el7, libcurl-7.29.0-35.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libcurl-devel-7.29.0-35.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) curl-7.29.0-35.el7, libcurl-7.29.0-35.el7, libcurl-7.29.0-35.el7.ppc +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) curl-7.29.0-35.el7, libcurl-7.29.0-35.el7, libcurl-devel-7.29.0-35.el7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2016:2575
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2016:2575
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2016:2575
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2016:2575
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2016:2575
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2016:2575
Red Hat JBoss Core ServicesFixed RHSA-2016:2957
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2018:3558
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2018:3558
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4)Fixed RHSA-2018:3558
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5)Fixed RHSA-2018:3558
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)Fixed RHSA-2018:3558
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2018:3558
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2018:3558
Not affected: 4 products
  • .NET Core 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • .NET Core 1.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • .NET Core 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-7141
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vx32-35rm-8jq5

References

Patch 2

Advisory 5

Other 3

Sources

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