vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-22923: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Aug 5, 2021 | Aug 22, 2024 | Dec 22, 2025 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 5, 2021
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Dec 22, 2025
Description
When curl is instructed to get content using the metalink feature, and a user name and password are used to download the metalink XML file, those same credentials are then subsequently passed on to each of the servers from which curl will download or try to download the contents from. Often contrary to the user's expectations and intentions and without telling the user it happened.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-curl
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