CVE•Published 2023-02-23•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2023-23914Haxx · Curl

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.1

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 43% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Description

A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality fail when multiple URLs are requested serially. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of usingan insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the URL. ThisHSTS mechanism would however surprisingly be ignored by subsequent transferswhen done on the same command line because the state would not be properlycarried on.

Timeline

Published 2023-02-23

Modified 2026-10-14

External references

NVD MITRE GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

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-2023-23914

Hosts 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-2023-23914