CVE-2022-27776
curl: auth/cookie leak on redirect
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · April 27, 2022
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
A vulnerability was found in curl. This security flaw allows leak authentication or cookie header data on HTTP redirects to the same host but another port number. Sending the same set of headers to a server on a different port number is a problem for applications that pass on custom Authorization: or Cookie:headers. Those headers often contain privacy-sensitive information or data.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE-522 · Insufficiently Protected Credentials