The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled, accepts arbitrary Location…

Description

The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled, accepts arbitrary Location values, which might allow remote HTTP servers to (1) trigger arbitrary requests to intranet servers, (2) read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or (3) execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

9.0% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-352 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-352 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (32)

• USN-726-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 34259 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://curl.haxx.se/lxr/source/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35766 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34255 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0341 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-1738 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.withdk.com/2009/03/03/curllibcurl-redirect-arbitrary-file-access/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• curl-location-security-bypass(49030) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1865 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0042 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 34138 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090303.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20090312 rPSA-2009-0042-1 curl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0581 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SSA:2009-069-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• [Security-announce] 20090710 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 33962 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.withdk.com/archives/Libcurl_arbitrary_file_access.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11054 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• GLSA-200903-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 1021783 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 34251 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34399 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20090711 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 34237 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:17 UTC.