PT-2016-7232 · Curl+5 · Libcurl+6

Adam Mariš · Published 2016-09-07 · Updated 2026-05-18 · CVE-2016-7141

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions curl and libcurl versions prior to 7.50.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection by reusing a previously loaded client certificate from file for a connection where no certificate has been set.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.50.2, update to version 7.50.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-305

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1956

CESA-2016_2575

CLEANSTART-2026-AY18527

CLEANSTART-2026-BW46578

CLEANSTART-2026-DI23929

CLEANSTART-2026-LQ42192

CLEANSTART-2026-OF85770

CVE-2016-7141

DLA-1568-1

DLA-616-1

RHSA-2016:2575

RHSA-2016_2575

RHSA-2018:3558

SUSE-SU-2016:2330-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2449-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2700-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0230-1

SUSE-SU-2018_0230-1

USN-3123-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Curl

Libcurl

References · 334

• https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28321 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27779 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7264 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0500 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27781 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27534 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22924 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8169 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22925 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000257 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8619 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0139 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9681 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32205 · Security Note