A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element, in addition to its intended use as the first element to indicate a path relative to the user's home directory. Attackers can exploit this flaw to bypass filtering or execute arbitrary code by crafting a path like /~2/foo while accessing a server with a specific user.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:30:00 +0000


Sun, 20 Sep 2026 03:30:00 +0000

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


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2023-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-14T22:36:59.941Z

Reserved: 2023-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-27534

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:16:35.536Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-30T20:15:07.427

Modified: 2026-10-23T23:10:00.157

Link: CVE-2023-27534

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-03-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-27534 - Bugzilla