CVE-2016-7141

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-7141
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-03 21:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptioncurl and libcurl before 7.50.2, when built with NSS and the libnsspem.so library is available at runtime, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection by leveraging reuse of a previously loaded client certificate from file for a connection for which no certificate has been set, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5420.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.005240000 probability, percentile 0.670080000 (date 2026-05-07)

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Haxx Libcurl All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CPU Oct 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:2379-1: moderate: Security update for curl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
nss: refuse previously loaded certificate from file · curl/curl@7700fcb · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
[SECURITY] [DLA 1568-1] curl security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
cURL/libcURL CVE-2016-7141 Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
cURL/libcurl Certificate Reuse Bug Lets Remote Users Bypass Security Restrictions on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 1373229 – CVE-2016-7141 curl: Incorrect reuse of client certificates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-47) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
curl - Incorrect reuse of client certificates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 curl.haxx.se Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500112 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 503767 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 710385 Gentoo Linux cURL Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-47)

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