---
id: CVE-2022-32205
title: >-
  A malicious server can serve excessive amounts of `Set-Cookie:` headers in a
  HTTP response to curl and curl < 7.84.0 stores all of them
summary: >-
  A malicious server can serve excessive amounts of `Set-Cookie:` headers in a
  HTTP response to curl and curl < 7.84.0 stores all of them. A sufficiently
  large amount of (big) cookies make subsequent HTTP requests to this, or other
  servers…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-770
vendor: haxx
product: curl
affected:
  - 'curl >= 7.71.0, < 7.84.0'
  - fedora = 35
  - debian_linux = 11.0
  - clustered_data_ontap
  - element_software
  - hci_management_node
  - solidfire
  - h300s_firmware
  - h500s_firmware
  - h700s_firmware
  - h410s_firmware
  - macos < 13.0
  - scalance_sc622-2c_firmware < 3.0
  - scalance_sc626-2c_firmware < 3.0
  - scalance_sc632-2c_firmware < 3.0
  - scalance_sc636-2c_firmware < 3.0
  - scalance_sc642-2c_firmware < 3.0
  - scalance_sc646-2c_firmware < 3.0
  - 'universal_forwarder >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.12'
  - 'universal_forwarder >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.6'
  - universal_forwarder = 9.1.0
patched:
  - curl 7.84.0
  - macos 13.0
  - scalance_sc622-2c_firmware 3.0
  - scalance_sc626-2c_firmware 3.0
  - scalance_sc632-2c_firmware 3.0
  - scalance_sc636-2c_firmware 3.0
  - scalance_sc642-2c_firmware 3.0
  - scalance_sc646-2c_firmware 3.0
  - universal_forwarder 9.0.6
published: '2022-07-07'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T17:17:38.863'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32205'
references:
  - url: 'http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28'
    label: support@hackerone.com
  - url: 'http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41'
    label: support@hackerone.com
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-333517.pdf'
    label: support@hackerone.com
  - url: 'https://hackerone.com/reports/1569946'
    label: support@hackerone.com
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEV6BR4MTI3CEWK2YU2HQZUW5FAS3FEY/
    label: support@hackerone.com
  - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01'
    label: support@hackerone.com
  - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0003/'
    label: support@hackerone.com
  - url: 'https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488'
    label: support@hackerone.com
  - url: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197'
    label: support@hackerone.com
  - url: 'http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-333517.pdf'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://hackerone.com/reports/1569946'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEV6BR4MTI3CEWK2YU2HQZUW5FAS3FEY/
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0003/'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-333517.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-419740.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-558014.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-942865.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.27904
epssPercentile: 0.98076
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T17:44:53.599Z'
exploitAvailable: true
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2025-04-23T13:30:54.715338Z'
---

## Overview

A malicious server can serve excessive amounts of `Set-Cookie:` headers in a HTTP response to curl and curl < 7.84.0 stores all of them. A sufficiently large amount of (big) cookies make subsequent HTTP requests to this, or other servers to which the cookies match, create requests that become larger than the threshold that curl uses internally to avoid sending crazy large requests (1048576 bytes) and instead returns an error.This denial state might remain for as long as the same cookies are kept, match and haven't expired. Due to cookie matching rules, a server on `foo.example.com` can set cookies that also would match for `bar.example.com`, making it it possible for a "sister server" to effectively cause a denial of service for a sibling site on the same second level domain using this method.

## Affected

- `curl >= 7.71.0, < 7.84.0`
- `fedora = 35`
- `debian_linux = 11.0`
- `clustered_data_ontap`
- `element_software`
- `hci_management_node`
- `solidfire`
- `h300s_firmware`
- `h500s_firmware`
- `h700s_firmware`
- `h410s_firmware`
- `macos < 13.0`
- `scalance_sc622-2c_firmware < 3.0`
- `scalance_sc626-2c_firmware < 3.0`
- `scalance_sc632-2c_firmware < 3.0`
- `scalance_sc636-2c_firmware < 3.0`
- `scalance_sc642-2c_firmware < 3.0`
- `scalance_sc646-2c_firmware < 3.0`
- `universal_forwarder >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.12`
- `universal_forwarder >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.6`
- `universal_forwarder = 9.1.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `curl 7.84.0`
- `macos 13.0`
- `scalance_sc622-2c_firmware 3.0`
- `scalance_sc626-2c_firmware 3.0`
- `scalance_sc632-2c_firmware 3.0`
- `scalance_sc636-2c_firmware 3.0`
- `scalance_sc642-2c_firmware 3.0`
- `scalance_sc646-2c_firmware 3.0`
- `universal_forwarder 9.0.6`
