GHSA-25rx-86v8-32c6
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Leak depends on a specific handle-reuse-and-clear pattern (AC:H) and exposes only referrer strings to a third party (C:L); no integrity or availability impact.
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (CNA).
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Lifecycle Timeline
5Description PRE-NVD
AnalysisAI
Information disclosure in libcurl (versions 8.18.0 through 8.20.0) causes the HTTP Referer header to persist on a reused easy handle even after an application explicitly clears it by passing NULL to CURLOPT_REFERER. Because the internal referrer state is not reset, a previously set referrer string is silently re-sent on later requests, potentially leaking sensitive URL data (paths, tokens, or query parameters) to unintended destination servers. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS risk is low (0.21%, 11th percentile), and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Technical ContextAI
libcurl is the ubiquitous C transfer library underpinning curl and embedded in countless applications, languages, and appliances for HTTP(S) requests. The flaw lies in CURLOPT_REFERER handling: the documented contract is that setting the option to NULL suppresses the Referer header, but the code failed to clear the associated internal state, so the stale referrer value survived across requests made on the same reused easy handle. The root cause class is best described by CWE-459 (Incomplete Cleanup) / CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information); the input lists CWE as N/A, so this classification is inferred. Referer strings frequently embed sensitive context (originating URLs, session identifiers, single-use tokens), which is why leaking them to a third-party server matters.
RemediationAI
Upgrade libcurl to a fixed release above 8.20.0 as published in the curl security advisory at https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-9546.html; the input data does not contain an exact fixed version number, so confirm the patched version directly from that advisory rather than assuming one (patch available per vendor advisory, exact fix version not present in provided data). As an application-level workaround until you can update, do not rely on CURLOPT_REFERER=NULL to clear the header on a reused handle - instead either call curl_easy_reset() on the handle before reuse, use a fresh easy handle per logical request, or explicitly set CURLOPT_REFERER to an empty/known-safe value; the trade-off of curl_easy_reset() is that it clears all other options too, requiring you to re-apply your configuration. Applications that never reuse handles or never set a referrer are not exposed.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Curl_sasl_create_digest_md5_message function in lib/curl_sasl.c in curl and libcurl 7
The sanitize_cookie_path function in cURL and libcurl 7.31.0 through 7.41.0 does not properly calculate an index, which
When doing HTTP(S) transfers, libcurl might erroneously use the read callback (`CURLOPT_READFUNCTION`) to ask for data t
When curl < 7.84.0 saves cookies, alt-svc and hsts data to local files, it makes the operation atomic by finalizing the
Curl_smtp_escape_eob in lib/smtp.c in curl 7.54.1 to and including curl 7.60.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow that mig
A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functional
A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to be wrongly re
A vulnerability in input validation exists in curl <8.0 during communication using the TELNET protocol may allow an atta
A double-close vulnerability exists in libcurl when tearing down connection channels after threaded name resolution, cau
A use of incorrectly resolved name vulnerability fixed in 7.83.1 might remove the wrong file when `--no-clobber` is used
curl 7.75.0 through 7.76.1 suffers from a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in already freed memory being used when
curl 7.20.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to improper restriction of names for files and other resources that can lead to
Same technique Information Disclosure
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SUSE
Severity: Moderate| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | Not-Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Not-Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Installer Updates 15 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Installer Updates 15 SP5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | Not-Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | Not-Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | Not-Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | Not-Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | Not-Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Not-Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 | Not-Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 | Not-Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 | Not-Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | Not-Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Not-Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Not-Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Not-Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Not-Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | Not-Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Not-Affected |
| bci/gcc bci/golang bci/golang:1.23 bci/golang:1.23-openssl bci/kiwi bci/node:18 bci/node:22 bci/openjdk bci/openjdk:11 bci/openjdk:17 bci/python bci/python:3 bci/ruby bci/spack:0.23 containers/open-webui-mcpo:0 containers/open-webui-pipelines:0 containers/open-webui:0 containers/python:3.11 containers/python:3.9 kiwi-templates-Minimal kiwi-templates-Minimal-Cloud-sap kiwi-templates-Minimal-MS-HyperV-sap kiwi-templates-Minimal-VMware-sap kiwi-templates-Minimal-kvm-and-xen-sap rancher/seedimage-builder rancher/seedimage-builder/5.3 suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node suse/manager/4.3/proxy-httpd suse/manager/4.3/proxy-salt-broker suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/proxy-httpd suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/proxy-salt-broker suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-httpd suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-salt-broker suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/monitoring-alertmanager suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/monitoring-blackbox_exporter suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/monitoring-prometheus suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/proxy-httpd suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/server suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2 suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3 suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4 suse/sle-micro/5.1/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.2/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.3/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.4/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.5/toolbox suse/sle-micro/base-5.5 suse/sle15:15.3 suse/sle15:15.4 suse/sle15:15.5 suse/sles/15.3/libguestfs-tools:0.45.0 suse/sles/15.4/libguestfs-tools:0.49.0 suse/sles/15.4/virt-handler:0.49.0 suse/sles/15.5/cdi-cloner:1.55.0 suse/sles/15.5/cdi-importer:1.55.0 suse/sles/15.5/cdi-uploadserver:1.55.0 suse/sles/15.5/libguestfs-tools:0.58.0 suse/sles/15.5/virt-handler:0.58.0 suse/sles/15.5/virt-launcher:0.58.0 suse/sles/15.6/cdi-cloner:1.58.0 suse/sles/15.6/cdi-importer:1.58.0 suse/sles/15.6/cdi-uploadserver:1.58.0 suse/sles/15.6/libguestfs-tools:1.1.1 suse/sles/15.6/virt-handler:1.1.1 suse/sles/15.6/virt-launcher:1.1.1 suse/sles/15.7/cdi-cloner:1.58.0 suse/sles/15.7/cdi-importer:1.58.0 suse/sles/15.7/cdi-uploadserver:1.58.0 suse/sles/15.7/libguestfs-tools:1.5.0 suse/sles/15.7/virt-handler:1.5.0 suse/sles/15.7/virt-launcher:1.5.0 suse/sles/16.0/toolbox | Not-Affected |
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EUVD-2026-41494