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TI-2024-39060 Aliases GHSA-3vpc-4p9p-47hc

curl_cffi bundles a version of libcurl affected by High Severity vulnerability

Priority LOW 38CWE-1395Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.

Summary

### Summary curl_cffi is potentially affected by High Severity vulnerability (CVE-2023-38545) in libcurl<8.4.0 ### Details HIGH severity vulnerability in curl and libcurl: [announcement](https://github.com/curl/curl/discussions/12026#discussioncomment-7195548) Details are still unknown, but seems it will be a major issue as it's advertised by curl devs as "_probably the worst curl security flaw in a long time_". A patched version (8.4.0) and details will be published around 06:00 UTC on October 11. curl_cffi wheels on PyPI ship with libcurl 7.84.0 ### PoC [https://inspector.pypi.io/project/curl-cffi/0.5.10b2/packages/56/ae/eb7d39ad234f1f44650b910757d5aa696feff413d327c8328223ce78cb76/curl_cffi-0.5.10b2-cp37-abi3-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl/curl_cffi/include/curl/curlver.h](https://inspector.pypi.io/project/curl-cffi/0.5.10b2/packages/56/ae/eb7d39ad234f1f44650b910757d5aa696feff413d327c8328223ce78cb76/curl_cffi-0.5.10b2-cp37-abi3-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl/curl_cffi/include/curl/curlver.h) ### Resolution Versions after 0.7 bundles with `libcurl>=8.5`, which is not affected by this issue.

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed curl-cffi (PyPI): 0.7.0b6

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—curl-cffi (PyPI)before 0.7.0b60.7.0b6Patch availableGHSA-3vpc-4p9p-47hc
  • curl-cffi (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.7.0b6 Fixed in 0.7.0b6 Patch available GHSA-3vpc-4p9p-47hc

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-3vpc-4p9p-47hc curl-cffi (PyPI) Fixed in 0.7.0b6 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-3vpc-4p9p-47hc

References

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