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curl_cffi bundles a version of libcurl affected by High Severity vulnerability

High
lexiforest published GHSA-3vpc-4p9p-47hc Oct 22, 2024

Package

pip curl-cffi (pip)

Affected versions

<=0.6.4

Patched versions

0.7.0b6

Description

Summary

curl_cffi is potentially affected by High Severity vulnerability (CVE-2023-38545) in libcurl<8.4.0

Details

HIGH severity vulnerability in curl and libcurl: announcement
Details are still unknown, but seems it will be a major issue as it's advertised by curl devs as "probably the worst curl security flaw in a long time".
A patched version (8.4.0) and details will be published around 06:00 UTC on October 11.
curl_cffi wheels on PyPI ship with libcurl 7.84.0

PoC

https://inspector.pypi.io/project/curl-cffi/0.5.10b2/packages/56/ae/eb7d39ad234f1f44650b910757d5aa696feff413d327c8328223ce78cb76/curl_cffi-0.5.10b2-cp37-abi3-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl/curl_cffi/include/curl/curlver.h

Resolution

Versions after 0.7 bundles with libcurl>=8.5, which is not affected by this issue.

Severity

High

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits