Is CVE-2016-5420 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5420 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5420?

CVE-2016-5420 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5420?

CVE-2016-5420 has an EPSS score of 14.60% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5420?

Upgrade curl on debian 11 to 7.50.1-1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5420

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of the connection by leveraging a previously created connection with a different client certificate.

CWE-285

How to fix

Remediation Available

curlDebian

Fixed in:7.50.1-1CVE-2016-5420

curlUbuntu

Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8USN-3048-1

Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.1USN-3048-1

libcurl3Ubuntu

Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8USN-3048-1

Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.1USN-3048-1

libcurl3-gnutlsUbuntu

Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8USN-3048-1

Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.1USN-3048-1

libcurl3-nssUbuntu

Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8USN-3048-1

Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.1USN-3048-1

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

14.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

curl.haxx.se

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references15

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CVE-2025-29927	Critical	9.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-28799	Critical	10.0	78%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-32707	High	8.8	74%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-48241	High	7.5	73%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-22480	High	7.3	67%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-3229	Critical	9.8	66%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.