CVE-2023-28320

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: May 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 23, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
8 products affected across 3 vendorsmacOSH700S FirmwareH410S Firmware· also runs on 4 platforms

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in curl <v8.1.0 in the way libcurl provides several different backends for resolving host names, selected at build time. If it is built to use the synchronous resolver, it allows name resolves to time-out slow operations using `alarm()` and `siglongjmp()`. When doing this, libcurl used a global buffer that was not mutex protected and a multi-threaded application might therefore crash or otherwise misbehave.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

11.0 ≤ v < 11.7.912.0 ≤ v < 12.6.813.0 ≤ v < 13.5
Affected range stops below 11.7.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.6.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 8.1.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 8.1.0 (unaffected)
All versions
netapp-h300s (same device)
All versions
netapp-h410s (same device)
All versions
netapp-h500s (same device)
All versions
netapp-h700s (same device)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.9MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-362

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