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CVE-2023-27534

CVE Details​

Visit the official vulnerability details page for CVE-2023-27534 to learn more.

Initial Publication​

10/25/2024

Last Update​

12/16/2024

Third Party Dependency​

curl

NIST CVE Summary​

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.

CVE Severity​

8.8

Our Official Summary​

This path traversal vulnerability exists in curl < 8.0.0 SFTP implementation which causes an 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. he upstream project (Curl) also rated this CVE as Low.

The images where this vulnrability is have controls in place are not accessible outside the cluster. So the attacker needs to gain privileged access to the cluster to attempt this exploit. Impact of this exploit is also low, since container doesn't allow host breakout.

Status​

Ongoing

Affected Products & Versions​

VersionPalette EnterprisePalette Enterprise AirgapVerteXVerteX Airgap
4.5.15⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact
4.5.11⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact
4.5.10⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact
4.5.8⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact
4.5.5⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact
4.5.4⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact
4.4.20⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted✅ No Impact

Revision History​

DateRevision
12/16/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10, 4.5.11 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10, 4.5.11, 4.5.15
12/04/2024Official summary revised: This path traversal vulnerability exists in curl < 8.0.0 SFTP implementation which causes an 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. he upstream project (Curl) also rated this CVE as Low.The images where this vulnrability is have controls in place are not accessible outside the cluster. So the attacker needs to gain privileged access to the cluster to attempt this exploit. Impactof this exploit is also low, since container doesn't allow host breakout.
11/15/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10, 4.5.11
11/15/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20, 4.5.10
11/13/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8, 4.4.20
11/10/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4, 4.5.5 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.8
10/27/2024Impacted versions changed from 4.5.4 to 4.5.4, 4.5.5