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HistoryOct 26, 2022 - 8:00 a.m.

HSTS bypass via IDN

2022-10-2608:00:00
Google
osv.dev
3
hsts
bypass
idn
curl
url
processing
utf-8
ascii
conversion
software

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

8.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

62.2%

curl’s HSTS check could be bypassed to trick it to keep using HTTP.

Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS directly instead
of using an insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the
URL. This mechanism could be bypassed if the hostname in the given URL uses
IDN characters that get replaced to ASCII counterparts as part of the IDN
conversion. Like using the character UTF-8 U+3002 (IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP)
instead of the common ASCII full stop (U+002E) ..

Like this: http://curl。se。

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

8.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

62.2%