CVE-2022-43551: Fedoraproject Fedora

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 16.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability exists in curl <7.87.0 HSTS check that could be bypassed to trick it to keep using HTTP. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of using an insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the URL. However, the HSTS mechanism could be bypassed if the host name in the given URL first uses IDN characters that get replaced to ASCII counterparts as part of the IDN conversion. Like using the character UTF-8 U+3002 (IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP) instead of the common ASCII full stop (U+002E) `.`. Then in a subsequent request, it does not detect the HSTS state and makes a clear text transfer. Because it would store the info IDN encoded but look for it IDN decoded.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 37 only
• Haxx Curl: from 7.77.0, before 7.87.0 (fixed in 7.87.0)
• Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager: affected versions not specified
• Netapp Oncommand Insight: affected versions not specified
• Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation: affected versions not specified
• Netapp Snapcenter: affected versions not specified
• Splunk Universal Forwarder: from 8.2.0, before 8.2.12 (fixed in 8.2.12); from 9.0.0, before 9.0.6 (fixed in 9.0.6); version 9.1.0 only

Published 2022-12-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.