CVE catalog

CVE-2021-22897

curl: CVE-2021-22897

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Published: May 25, 2021, 10:00:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 4.26% · Oct 25, 2026

curl 7.61.0 through 7.76.1 suffers from exposure of data element to wrong session due to a mistake in the code for CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST when libcurl is built to use the Schannel TLS library. The selected cipher set was stored in a single "static" variable in the library, which has the surprising side-effect that if an application sets up multiple concurrent transfers, the last one that sets the ciphers will accidentally control the set used by all transfers. In a worst-case scenario, this weakens transport security significantly.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	curl	sid	`8.23.0-1`	not affected
Debian	curl	forky	`8.22.0-1`	not affected
Debian	curl	trixie	`8.14.1-2+deb13u5`	not affected
Debian	curl	trixie-security	`8.14.1-2+deb13u7`	not affected
Debian	curl	bookworm	`7.88.1-10+deb12u15`	not affected
Debian	curl	bookworm-security	`7.88.1-10+deb12u5`	not affected
Cpe	curl	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	communications_cloud_native_core_network_repository_function	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	communications_cloud_native_core_network_slice_selection_function	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	communications_cloud_native_core_service_communication_proxy	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	essbase	Not reported	`21.3`	fixed
Cpe	mysql_server	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	cloud_backup	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	solidfire\,_enterprise_sds_\&_hci_storage_node	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	solidfire_\&_hci_management_node	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	hci_compute_node_firmware	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	h300e_firmware	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	h300s_firmware	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	h410s_firmware	Not reported	Not reported	unknown
Cpe	h500e_firmware	Not reported	Not reported	unknown

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	curl	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	curl	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	curl	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	curl	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Cpe	essbase	cpe	Not reported	`21.3`	Not reported	NVD-CVE-2021-22897	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[curl]Unknown
Details (6)
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
[libcurl3-gnutls]Unknown
Source package: [curl]
Details (6)
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
[libcurl3-nss]Unknown
Source package: [curl]
Details (4)
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
[libcurl4]Unknown
Source package: [curl]
Details (6)
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
[libcurl4-doc]Unknown
Source package: [curl]
Details (6)
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
[libcurl4-gnutls-dev]Unknown
Source package: [curl]
Details (6)
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
[libcurl4-nss-dev]Unknown
Source package: [curl]
Details (4)
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
[libcurl4-openssl-dev]Unknown
Source package: [curl]
Details (6)
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 8.14.1-2+deb13u2~bpo13+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm
- 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · curl · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:54:51 PM UTC

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [CISA cybersecurity advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]