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CVE-2021-22897

MEDIUMEPSS 86th pctl
5.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

curl 7.61.0 through 7.76.1 suffers from exposure of data element to wrong session due to a mistake in the code for CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST when libcurl is built to use the Schannel TLS library. The selected cipher set was stored in a single "static" variable in the library, which has the surprising side-effect that if an application sets up multiple concurrent transfers, the last one that sets the ciphers will accidentally control the set used by all transfers. In a worst-case scenario, this weakens transport security significantly.

How to fix

Remediation Available
UniversalForwarderWindows application
Affected:9.0.0 9.0.6Fixed in:9.0.6Splunk, Inc.
Affected:8.2.0 8.2.12Fixed in:8.2.12Splunk, Inc.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

2.98%probability of exploitation in 30 days
86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2021-22926High7.59.8%-Fix
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CVE-2022-32208Medium5.96.8%-Fix
CVE-2021-22922Medium6.54.3%-Fix
CVE-2022-27782High7.52.6%-Fix
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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 2026-05-28.