CVE•Published 2022-05-26•Modified 2026-05-27•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-22576Haxx · Curl
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
57
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 43% of all CVEs
Description
An improper authentication vulnerability exists in curl 7.33.0 to and including 7.82.0 which might allow reuse OAUTH2-authenticated connections without properly making sure that the connection was authenticated with the same credentials as set for this transfer. This affects SASL-enabled protocols: SMPTP(S), IMAP(S), POP3(S) and LDAP(S) (openldap only).
Timeline
Published 2022-05-26
Modified 2026-05-27
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2022-22576Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Haxx Curl"All exposed Haxx Curl instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Curl"HTTP body or banner mentions "Curl" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2022-22576Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-22576Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2022-22576Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2022-22576GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2022-22576" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2022-22576 on GitHub.