CVE-2023-27534EPSS p84.0%
CVE-2023-27534CVE-2023-27534
haxx / curl
Description
A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element, in addition to its intended use as the first element to indicate a path relative to the user's home directory. Attackers can exploit this flaw to bypass filtering or execute arbitrary code by crafting a path like /~2/foo while accessing a server with a specific user.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.44% probability of exploitation · percentile 84.0% · 2026-10-17T12:00:28Z |
| Last modified | 2026-10-14 |