🛡️ CVE-2022-27781 — clustered-data-ontap

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-400 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
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Description

libcurl provides the CURLOPT_CERTINFO option to allow applications torequest details to be returned about a server's certificate chain.Due to an erroneous function, a malicious server could make libcurl built withNSS get stuck in a never-ending busy-loop when trying to retrieve thatinformation.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-27781 is classified as CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. A request can consume memory, CPU or storage without limit, exhausting capacity for everyone else.

Affected software

CVE-2022-27781 is recorded against 12 packages.

  • clustered-data-ontap
  • curl (fixed in 7.83.1)
  • debian-linux
  • h300s-firmware
  • h410s-firmware
  • h500s-firmware
  • h700s-firmware
  • hci-bootstrap-os
  • hci-compute-node
  • solidfire-\&-hci-management-node
  • solidfire\,-enterprise-sds-\&-hci-storage-node
  • universal-forwarder

Timeline and source

Published on 2 June 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

hackerone.com
lists.debian.org
security.gentoo.org
security.netapp.com
www.debian.org
hackerone.com
lists.debian.org
security.gentoo.org
security.netapp.com
www.debian.org
hackerone.com

CVE-2022-27781 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-400
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-06-02
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
clustered-data-ontap
curl 7.83.1
debian-linux
h300s-firmware
h410s-firmware
h500s-firmware
h700s-firmware
hci-bootstrap-os
hci-compute-node
solidfire-\&-hci-management-node
solidfire\,-enterprise-sds-\&-hci-storage-node
universal-forwarder

References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://hackerone.com/reports/1555441
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197
Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://hackerone.com/reports/1555441
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197
Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://hackerone.com/reports/1555441

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