CVE-2022-27778

Publication date 11 May 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A use of incorrectly resolved name vulnerability fixed in 7.83.1 might remove the wrong file when `--no-clobber` is used together with `--remove-on-error`.

Read the notes from the security team

Mitigation

Do not use `--no-clobber` with `--remove-on-error`

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
curl	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

alexmurray

Only affects the curl command-line client and only version 7.83.0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H