A malicious server can use the FTP PASV response to trick curl 7.73.0 and earlier into connecting back to a given IP address and port, and this way potentially make curl extract information about services that are otherwise private and not disclosed, for example doing port scanning and service banner extractions.
History

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00067}

epss

{'score': 0.00069}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2020-12-14T19:38:26.000Z

Updated: 2026-04-16T13:59:17.253Z

Reserved: 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8284

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:56:28.316Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-14T20:15:13.903

Modified: 2026-04-16T15:16:42.530

Link: CVE-2020-8284

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-12-09T08:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-8284 - Bugzilla