Vulnerability · CVE-2022-32208
When curl < 7.84.0 does FTP transfers secured by krb5, it handles message verification failures wrongly.
Published Jul 7, 2022 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · When curl < 7.84.0
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2022-32208. EPSS is 8.37%. Act only if a listed version of When curl < 7.84.0 is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (When curl < 7.84.0).
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.9
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 8.37%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe debian/debian linux · cpe fedoraproject/fedora · cpe haxx/curl · cpe netapp/bootstrap os · cpe netapp/clustered data ontap · cpe netapp/element software
When curl < 7.84.0 does FTP transfers secured by krb5, it handles message verification failures wrongly. This flaw makes it possible for a Man-In-The-Middle attack to go unnoticed and even allows it to inject data to the client.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe debian/debian linux10.0
- cpe debian/debian linux11.0
- cpe fedoraproject/fedora35
- cpe haxx/curlversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/bootstrap osversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/clustered data ontapversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/element softwareversion 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
How to fix CVE-2022-32208
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-2022-32208. EPSS is 8.37%. Act only if a listed version of When curl < 7.84.0 is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 10.0; debian/debian linux 11.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write; CWE-840. EPSS 8.37%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 7, 2022 · NIST NVD
Detected
When curl < 7.84.0 does FTP transfers secured by krb5, it handles message verification failures wrongly. This flaw makes it possible for a Man-In-The-Middle attack to go unnoticed and even allows it to inject data to the client.
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
When curl < 7.84.0 does FTP transfers secured by krb5, it handles message verification failures wrongly. This flaw makes it possible for a Man-In-The-Middle attack to go unnoticed and even allows it to inject data to the client.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-32208
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-32208
30-day exploitation probability 8.4%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-32208
When curl < 7.84.0 does FTP transfers secured by krb5, it handles message verification failures wrongly. This flaw makes it possible for a Man-In-The-Middle attack to go unnoticed and even allows it to inject data to the client.
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.