In curl before 7.86.0, the HSTS check could be bypassed to trick it into staying with HTTP. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS directly (instead of using an insecure cleartext HTTP step) even when HTTP is provided in the URL. This mechanism could be bypassed if the host name in the given URL uses IDN characters that get replaced with ASCII counterparts as part of the IDN conversion, e.g., using the character UTF-8 U+3002 (IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP) instead of the common ASCII full stop of U+002E (.). The earliest affected version is 7.77.0 2021-05-26.
CVE-2022-42916
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-10-29. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 49(Track)EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation2% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 74.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 29, 2022
Last Modified
February 13, 2026
References (22)
- cve@mitrehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/19
- cve@mitrehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/20
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/21/1
- cve@mitrehttps://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-42916.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/37YEVVC6NAF6H7UHH6YAUY5QEVY6LIH2/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVU3IMZCKR4VE6KJ4GCWRL2ILLC6OV76/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q27V5YYMXUVI6PRZQVECON32XPVWTKDK/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0010/
- cve@mitrehttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213604
- cve@mitrehttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213605
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/19
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/20
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/21/1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-42916.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-42916(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | curl (7.85.0-1ubuntu0.1) @ kinetic | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | jbcs-httpd24-curl-0:7.86.0-2.el7jbcs | 2022-12-08 | redhat |
| redhat | jbcs-httpd24-curl | 2022-12-08 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
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Additional Vendor Advisories
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- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2022-429162022-11-09
In curl before 7.86.0 the HSTS check could be bypassed to trick it into staying with HTTP. Using its HSTS support curl can be instructed to use HTTPS directly (instead of using an insecure cleartext HTTP step) even when HTTP is provided in the URL. This mechanism could be bypassed if the host name in the given URL uses IDN characters that get replaced with ASCII counterparts as part of the IDN conversion e.g. using the character UTF-8 U+3002 (IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP) instead of the common ASCII full stop of U+002E (.). The earliest affected version is 7.77.0 2021-05-26.
- UbuntuUSN-5702-1MEDIUM
curl vulnerabilities
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