CVE-2023-38546

LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: October 18, 2023 at 03:51 AM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 11:35 PM UTC
6 products affected across 2 vendorsLibcurlSIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 Pn /dp MFP FirmwareSiplus S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 Pn /dp MFP Firmware

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Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

This flaw allows an attacker to insert cookies at will into a running program using libcurl, if the specific series of conditions are met. libcurl performs transfers. In its API, an application creates "easy handles" that are the individual handles for single transfers. libcurl provides a function call that duplicates en easy handle called [curl_easy_duphandle](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_duphandle.html). If a transfer has cookies enabled when the handle is duplicated, the cookie-enable state is also cloned - but without cloning the actual cookies. If the source handle did not read any cookies from a specific file on disk, the cloned version of the handle would instead store the file name as `none` (using the four ASCII letters, no quotes). Subsequent use of the cloned handle that does not explicitly set a source to load cookies from would then inadvertently load cookies from a file named `none` - if such a file exists and is readable in the current directory of the program using libcurl. And if using the correct file format of course.

Affected

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

7.9.1 ≤ v < 8.4.0
Affected range stops below 8.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 8.4.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.9.1 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 8.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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