curl 7.1.1 to and including 7.75.0 is vulnerable to an "Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor" by leaking credentials in the HTTP Referer: header. libcurl does not strip off user credentials from the URL when automatically populating the Referer: HTTP request header field in outgoing HTTP requests, and therefore risks leaking sensitive data to the server that is the target of the second HTTP request.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-minimal | May 4, 2022 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade curl | Aug 22, 2024 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-devel | Jun 24, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade curl | Jul 13, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curlUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfo | Nov 10, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade curl | Apr 1, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade curl | Nov 4, 2022 | Apr 10, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/curl. | May 28, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-devel | Sep 24, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl | Jul 2, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/curl to version 7.76.0-11.4.36.0.1.101.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Aug 27, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl | Nov 17, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl | Nov 10, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade curlUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl | Mar 12, 2024 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Splunk | — | Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.1.1 | Sep 30, 2025 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libcurl4-32bitUpgrade libcurl-mini-develUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1-x86Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-openssl1Upgrade libcurl4Upgrade curl-miniUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1Upgrade libcurl4-miniUpgrade libcurl-devel-32bitUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1-32bit | Apr 7, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libcurl3Upgrade libcurl4Upgrade libcurl3-nssUpgrade libcurl3-gnutlsUpgrade curl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl3-gnutls (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libcurl3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libcurl3-nss (Ubuntu Pro) | Apr 1, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Apr 1, 2021 |
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