CVE-2003-1605
curl 7.x before 7.10.7 sends CONNECT proxy credentials to the remote server.
curl 7.x before 7.10.7 sends CONNECT proxy credentials to the remote server.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
curl 7.x before 7.10.7 sends CONNECT proxy credentials to the remote server.
- Record
CVE-2003-1605- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
curl 7.x before 7.10.7 sends CONNECT proxy credentials to the remote server.
- Record
CVE-2003-1605- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2003-1595 No score
curl 7.x before 7.10.7 sends CONNECT proxy credentials to the remote server.
- Record
EUVD-2003-1595- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4f8m-5f89-p953
curl 7.x before 7.10.7 sends CONNECT proxy credentials to the remote server.
curl 7.x before 7.10.7 sends CONNECT proxy credentials to the remote server.
- Record
GHSA-4f8m-5f89-p953- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
curl 7.x before 7.10.7 sends CONNECT proxy credentials to the remote server.
- Record
CVE-2003-1605- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2003-1605
curl 7.x before 7.10.7 sends CONNECT proxy credentials to the remote server.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2003-1605- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCURL-CVE-2003-1605 No score
Proxy Authentication Header Information Leakage
When curl connected to a site via an HTTP proxy with the CONNECT request, the user and password used for the proxy connection was also sent off to the remote server.
- Record
CURL-CVE-2003-1605- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2003-1605 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Haxx Curl, published August 3, 2003. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.95%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in curl 7.10.7-1.