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CVE-2026-9546

Description
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-9546
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
curl
Reserved
2026-05-26 06:45 UTC
Published
2026-07-03 06:18 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-03 06:18 UTC
Vendor / Product
curl / curl
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

No CVSS data available.

Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
curl curl 8.20.0 ≤ 8.20.0, 8.19.0 ≤ 8.19.0, 8.18.0 ≤ 8.18.0
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
cna CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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