CVE-2022-27778

Exp

A use of incorrectly resolved name vulnerability fixed in 7.83.1 might remove the wrong file when `--no-clobber` is used together with `--remove-on-error`.

Published: 2022-06-02 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-27778 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.45%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.27% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-27778

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-27778

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.18% 3.45% +2.27%
2 2026-06-03 0.91% 1.18% +0.27%
3 2026-03-04 0.91%

Full EPSS history (31 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-27778

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 5.2 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-27778

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-27778

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2022-27778: 1 source package rows (curl); 147 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 7, open 140. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-27778
debian unimportant CVE-2022-27778 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (curl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-27778
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27778
suse medium CVE-2022-27778 severity moderate: SUSE including 264 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 380 product×package rows across 53 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (53 product lines)): Known Affected 161, Known Not Affected 120, Fixed 99. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27778/
ubuntu low CVE-2022-27778 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (curl), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27778

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-27778

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
haxx curl 7.83.0 cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.83.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
netapp clustered_data_ontap cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_insight cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_workflow_automation cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snapcenter cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapcenter:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp solidfire_\&_hci_management_node cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h300s_firmware cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp bh500s_firmware cpe:2.3:o:netapp:bh500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h700s_firmware cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h410s_firmware cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp hci_compute_node_firmware cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_compute_node_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle mysql_server <= 5.7.38 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle mysql_server >= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.29 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
splunk universal_forwarder >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
splunk universal_forwarder >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
splunk universal_forwarder 9.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-27778

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