CVE-2019-5443
curl: Windows OpenSSL engine code injection
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · June 25, 2019
Updated · November 2, 2026
Description
A non-privileged user or program can put code and a config file in a known non-privileged path (under C:/usr/local/) that will make curl <= 7.65.1 automatically run the code (as an openssl "engine") on invocation. If that curl is invoked by a privileged user it can do anything it wants.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 8.4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code