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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9546
A vulnerability in libcurl caused the HTTP `Referer:` header to persist even when explicitly cleared. While the documentation states that passing NULL...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:14
curl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.21.0~rc2-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org