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#Windows users running stupid scanners now contact us for support regarding CVE-2023-46218 which the scanners say affects #curl 8.4.0 shipped by Microsoft.

It would, if their version was built to use #iibpsl, a prereq for this CVE, which #Microsoft does not.

Security scanners. A snake oil business.

curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-46218.ht

curl.securl - cookie mixed case PSL bypass - CVE-2023-46218
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@bagder if scanners were trained to identify pictures of venomous snakes:

Rattlesnake: scanner says venomous snake, cvss9.8
Coral snake: scanner says venomous snake, cvss10.0
Milk snake: scanner says venomous snake, cvss10.0
Slow worm: scanner says venomous snake, cvss8.5
A coil of rope: scanner says venomous snake, cvss 9.0
A baby's rattle: scanner says venomous snake, cvss 9.8