CVE-2026-9546 (GCVE-0-2026-9546)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-03 06:18 – Updated: 2026-07-03 06:18
VLAI
Title
sending old referer
Summary
A vulnerability in libcurl caused the HTTP `Referer:` header to persist even when explicitly cleared. While the documentation states that passing NULL to `CURLOPT_REFERER` suppresses the header, the option failed to clear the internal state. As a result the previous referrer string was erroneously reused and sent in subsequent requests, potentially leaking sensitive information to unintended servers.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
curl curl Affected: 8.20.0 , ≤ 8.20.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.19.0 , ≤ 8.19.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.18.0 , ≤ 8.18.0 (semver)
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Credits
renjian on hackerone Daniel Stenberg
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