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curl project disputes first CVE assignment after becoming a CNA
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The curl project, now a CVE Numbering Authority, rejected a reported vulnerability as too niche for a CVE and is contesting an escalation to MITRE
This dispute highlights the tension between rigorous vulnerability assessment and the operational burden of CVEs on the ecosystem. For engineers, it underscores the trade-off between security transparency and the cost of patching low-risk issues. The outcome may influence how other open-source projects handle CVE assignments for edge cases
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
curl, as a CNA, can independently decide whether to assign CVEs to reported vulnerabilities
The disputed issue involves a rare hostname-matching bug requiring convoluted conditions to exploit
Rejecting the CVE aims to avoid unnecessary patching costs for a theoretical risk
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