Vulnerability in Broadcom Haxx (CVE-2022-27776)
Summary
Vulnerability in Broadcom Haxx (CVE-2022-27776). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Exploitable via Cookie header.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability in fixed in curl 7.83.0 might leak authentication or cookie header data on HTTP redirects to the same host but another port number.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-27776 has been found in Broadcom Haxx.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like Cookie header over the network to misuse the product.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 6.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Broadcom Haxx CVE-2022-27776" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-27776 (Broadcom Haxx) — CWE-522 / CVSS v3 6.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Attack surface: Cookie header
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-522) exists in Broadcom Haxx. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via Cookie header without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Broadcom Haxx. Attack surface: Cookie header.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Haxx' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Haxx' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Haxxを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2022-27776 curl Fixed in: 7.79.1-r1
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27776 curl Fixed in: 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u2
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27776 curl
References
- advisory lists.fedoraproject.org
- advisory lists.fedoraproject.org
- advisory security.gentoo.org
- advisory security.netapp.com
- advisory debian.org
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- web hackerone.com
- web lists.debian.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web security.netapp.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web github.com