Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-3842 · published 28 October 2010

CVE-2010-3842: Curl path traversal vulnerability

Curl · Curl

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in curl 7.20.0 through 7.21.1, when the --remote-header-name or -J option is used, allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files by using \ (backslash) as a separator of path components within the Content-disposition HTTP header.

5.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.7% · top 23.5% CWE-22 · Path traversal

5.8CVSS 2.0 base score

1.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

14References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Curl Curl

References

Link	Tags
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20101013.html	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39532	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024583
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/4	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/5
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642642
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20101013.html	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39532	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024583
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/4	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/5
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642642

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-3842), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.