CVE-2021-22890
curl: TLS 1.3 session ticket mix-up with HTTPS proxy host
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · March 31, 2021
Updated · September 21, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the way libcurl handled TLS 1.3 session tickets. A malicious HTTPS proxy could possibly use this flaw to make libcurl resume a TLS session it previously had with the proxy while intending to resume a TLS session with a target server, making it possible for the proxy to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 3.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE-290 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing