🛡️ CVE-2023-46219 on Debian — curl

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

When saving HSTS data to an excessively long file name, curl could end up removing all contents, making subsequent requests using that file unaware of the HSTS status they should otherwise use.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-46219 as tracked by Debian, for the package curl. The fix is available in version 8.5.0-1; earlier versions remain affected.

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 low, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46219 is classified as CWE-311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. Sensitive data is stored or transmitted in the clear, so anyone able to observe it can read it.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46219 is recorded against 1 package.

  • curl (fixed in 8.5.0-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 December 2023 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2023-46219 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-12-12
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
curl — 8.5.0-1

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