Vulnerability · CVE-2021-22922
When curl is instructed to download content using the metalink feature, thecontents is verified against a hash provided in the metalink XML file.The metalink XML file…
Published Aug 5, 2021 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · the affected product
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2021-22922. EPSS is 4.33%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 4.33%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe fedoraproject/fedora · cpe haxx/curl · cpe netapp/cloud backup · cpe netapp/clustered data ontap · cpe netapp/h300s firmware · cpe netapp/h500s firmware
When curl is instructed to download content using the metalink feature, thecontents is verified against a hash provided in the metalink XML file.The metalink XML file points out to the client how to get the same contentfrom a set of different URLs, potentially hosted by different servers and theclient can then download the file from one or several of them. In a serial orparallel manner.If one of the servers hosting the contents has been breached and the contentsof the specific file on that server is replaced with a modified payload, curlshould detect this when the hash of the file mismatches after a completeddownload. It should remove the contents and instead try getting the contentsfrom another URL. This is not done, and instead such a hash mismatch is onlymentioned in text and the potentially malicious content is kept in the file ondisk.
Are you affected?
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- cpe fedoraproject/fedora33
- cpe haxx/curlversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/cloud backupversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/clustered data ontapversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/h300s firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/h500s firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/h700s firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/hci management nodeversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/solidfireversion unspecified
- cpe oracle/mysql serverversion unspecified
- cpe siemens/sinec infrastructure network servicesversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2021-22922
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2021-22922. EPSS is 4.33%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with 33. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions; CWE-840. EPSS 4.33%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 5, 2021 · NIST NVD
Detected
When curl is instructed to download content using the metalink feature, thecontents is verified against a hash provided in the metalink XML file.The metalink XML file points out to the client how to get the same contentfrom a set of different URLs, potentially hosted by different servers and theclient can then download the file from one or several of them. In a serial orparallel manner.If one of t
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
When curl is instructed to download content using the metalink feature, thecontents is verified against a hash provided in the metalink XML file.The metalink XML file points out to the client how to get the same contentfrom a set of different URLs, potentially hosted by different servers and theclient can then download the file from one or several of them. In a serial orparallel manner.If one of t
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-22922
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-22922
30-day exploitation probability 4.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2021-22922
When curl is instructed to download content using the metalink feature, thecontents is verified against a hash provided in the metalink XML file.The metalink XML file points out to the client how to get the same contentfrom a set of different URLs, potentially hosted by different
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.