CVE-2026-9546High· 7.5▾ MidnightPoC availableA 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 st…
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 41.3 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Jul 4.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
0.2%
0.2% → 0.7%
Last analysed / modified upstream
Exploit / PoC code exists
— → 7.5
none → high
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.
curl >= 8.18.0, < 8.21.0Upgrade past the affected range:
curl 8.21.0Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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