Description
In curl and libcurl 7.52.0 to and including 7.53.1, libcurl would attempt to resume a TLS session even if the client certificate had changed. That is unacceptable since a server by specification is allowed to skip the client certificate check on resume, and may instead use the old identity which was established by the previous certificate (or no certificate). libcurl supports by default the use of TLS session id/ticket to resume previous TLS sessions to speed up subsequent TLS handshakes. They are used when for any reason an existing TLS connection couldn't be kept alive to make the next handshake faster. This flaw is a regression and identical to CVE-2016-5419 reported on August 3rd 2016, but affecting a different version range.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| [UNKNOWN] | curl | curl 7.54.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | curl | 7.52.1-5 | — |
| Debian 13 | curl | 7.52.1-5 | — |
| Debian 12 | curl | 7.52.1-5 | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | curl | 7.79.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10582-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
Show 18 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.19 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.18 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.17 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.16 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.15 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.14 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.13 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.12 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.11 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.10 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.9 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.8 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.7 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.6 | curl | 7.54.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.5 | curl | 7.52.1-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.4 | curl | 7.52.1-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.3 | curl | 7.52.1-r1 | — |
| Alpine v3.2 | curl | 7.52.1-r1 | — |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10582-1 curl-7.79.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7468
- GLSA-201709-14 vendor-advisory
- 1038341 vdb-entry
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20170419.html
- 97962 vdb-entry