Vulnerability · CVE-2023-23915
A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality to behave incorrectly when multiple URLs ar…
Published Feb 23, 2023 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · the affected product
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No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2023-23915. EPSS is 0.88%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
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- 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
- 0.88%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe haxx/curl · cpe netapp/active iq unified manager · cpe netapp/clustered data ontap · cpe netapp/h300s firmware · cpe netapp/h410s firmware · cpe netapp/h500s firmware
A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality to behave incorrectly when multiple URLs are requested in parallel. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of using an insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the URL. This HSTS mechanism would however surprisingly fail when multiple transfers are done in parallel as the HSTS cache file gets overwritten by the most recentlycompleted transfer. A later HTTP-only transfer to the earlier host name would then *not* get upgraded properly to HSTS.
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- cpe haxx/curlversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/active iq unified managerversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/clustered data ontap9.0
- cpe netapp/h300s firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/h410s firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/h500s firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/h700s firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe splunk/universal forwarderversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2023-23915
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-2023-23915. EPSS is 0.88%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with netapp/clustered data ontap 9.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. EPSS 0.88%. 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.
Feb 23, 2023 · NIST NVD
Detected
A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality to behave incorrectly when multiple URLs are requested in parallel. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of using an insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the URL. This HSTS mechanism would however surprisingly fail when mu
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality to behave incorrectly when multiple URLs are requested in parallel. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of using an insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the URL. This HSTS mechanism would however surprisingly fail when mu
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-23915
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-23915
30-day exploitation probability 0.9%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-23915
A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality to behave incorrectly when multiple URLs are requested in parallel. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of using an insecure
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.