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CVE-2022-32207

critical

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 temporar…

Vendor / product: Haxx — curl

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
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2022-07-07 13:15
Modified: 2026-10-14 17:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

haxx / curl ≥7.69.0 <7.84.0
fedoraproject / fedora 35
debian / debian_linux 11.0
netapp / clustered_data_ontap all versions
netapp / element_software all versions
netapp / hci_management_node all versions
netapp / solidfire all versions
netapp / bootstrap_os all versions
netapp / h300s_firmware all versions
netapp / h500s_firmware all versions
netapp / h700s_firmware all versions
netapp / h410s_firmware all versions
apple / macos <13.0
splunk / universal_forwarder ≥8.2.0 <8.2.12, ≥9.0.0 <9.0.6, 9.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC · record ↗

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