fkie_cve-2025-9086
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-09-12 06:15
Modified
2025-11-04 22:16
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
1. A cookie is set using the `secure` keyword for `https://target` 2. curl is redirected to or otherwise made to speak with `http://target` (same hostname, but using clear text HTTP) using the same cookie set 3. The same cookie name is set - but with just a slash as path (`path='/'`). Since this site is not secure, the cookie *should* just be ignored. 4. A bug in the path comparison logic makes curl read outside a heap buffer boundary The bug either causes a crash or it potentially makes the comparison come to the wrong conclusion and lets the clear-text site override the contents of the secure cookie, contrary to expectations and depending on the memory contents immediately following the single-byte allocation that holds the path. The presumed and correct behavior would be to plainly ignore the second set of the cookie since it was already set as secure on a secure host so overriding it on an insecure host should not be okay.
References
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-9086.html
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-9086.json
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://hackerone.com/reports/3294999
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/10/1
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  "descriptions": [
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      "value": "1. A cookie is set using the `secure` keyword for `https://target`\n2. curl is redirected to or otherwise made to speak with `http://target` (same\n   hostname, but using clear text HTTP) using the same cookie set\n3. The same cookie name is set - but with just a slash as path (`path=\u0027/\u0027`).\n   Since this site is not secure, the cookie *should* just be ignored.\n4. A bug in the path comparison logic makes curl read outside a heap buffer\n   boundary\n\nThe bug either causes a crash or it potentially makes the comparison come to\nthe wrong conclusion and lets the clear-text site override the contents of the\nsecure cookie, contrary to expectations and depending on the memory contents\nimmediately following the single-byte allocation that holds the path.\n\nThe presumed and correct behavior would be to plainly ignore the second set of\nthe cookie since it was already set as secure on a secure host so overriding\nit on an insecure host should not be okay."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2025-9086",
  "lastModified": "2025-11-04T22:16:45.190",
  "metrics": {
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "version": "3.1"
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        "impactScore": 3.6,
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        "type": "Secondary"
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  "published": "2025-09-12T06:15:44.100",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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