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CVE-2022-27778

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-27778 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting haxx, NetApp, Oracle, and Splunk products, stemming from an incorrectly resolved name issue in curl versions prior to 7.83.1. This flaw allows for the deletion of an unintended file when the --no-clobber and --remove-on-error options are used concurrently. With a CVSS score of 8.1, it presents a high impact on integrity and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity over the network. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.83.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.83.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0368 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

hikvisionpatch availablevia llm_extracted
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 curl 7.83.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 7.83.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18669-16820Fixed in: 7.84.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18690-16823Fixed in: 7.83.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 curl 7.84.0-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 7.84.0-1
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
zimbrapatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 8.2.12, 9.0.6, 9.1.1

Vendor Advisories (4)

zimbrallm-zimbra-9542faa91a6d6884HIGH

August Third Party Package Updates in Splunk Universal Forwarder

Aug 30, 2023
microsoft2022-Jun/CVE-2022-27778Important

A use of incorrectly resolved name vulnerability fixed in 7.83.1 might remove the wrong file when `--no-clobber` is used together with `--remove-on-error`.

Jun 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-27778Moderate

curl: removes wrong file on error

May 11, 2022
hikvisionllm-hikvision-4ea0f9bee49478ebMEDIUM

curl removes wrong file on error

May 11, 2022

References

hackerone.com / reports/1553598
ExploitThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220609-0009
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220729-0004
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory