# CVE-2022-27778: Other in https://github.com/curl/curl

> Attackers can cause unintended file deletion when using specific curl options, potentially leading to data loss.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2022-27778, AZL-9876, CLEANSTART-2026-WP36536, CURL-CVE-2022-27778, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27778, GHSA-rh8g-j53h-g8xf

## What is CVE-2022-27778?

CVE-2022-27778 is a high-severity vulnerability in Haxx Curl, published on 1 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A use of incorrectly resolved name vulnerability fixed in 7.83.1 might remove the wrong file when `--no-clobber` is used together with `--remove-on-error`.

Weakness: CWE-706 (Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27778?

It affects 14 products.


Products: Haxx Curl, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Bh500s Firmware, Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, Netapp H300s Firmware, Netapp H410s Firmware, Netapp H700s Firmware, Netapp Hci Compute Node Firmware, Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Netapp Snapcenter, Netapp Solidfire \& Hci Management Node, Oracle Mysql Server, Splunk Universal Forwarder.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-27778?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2022-27778 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27778 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Haxx Curl

- [CVE-2026-19931](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19931/): Negotiate ambient user conn reuse (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-10536](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-10536/): HTTP/2 stream-dependency tree UAF (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-11856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11856/): cross-origin Digest auth state leak (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-8925](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-8925/): SASL double-free (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-9079](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9079/): stale proxy password leak (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-27778 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-27778 is a high-severity vulnerability in Haxx Curl, published on 1 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27778 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Haxx Curl. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27778/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27778/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27778
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27778
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-27778

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27778/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.