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CVE-2023-46218
December 07, 2023
This flaw allows a malicious HTTP server to set "super cookies" in curl that are then passed back to more origins than what is otherwise allowed or possible. This allows a site to set cookies that then would get sent to different and unrelated sites and domains. It could do this by exploiting a mixed case flaw in curl's function that verifies a given cookie domain against the Public Suffix List (PSL). For example a cookie could be set with "domain=co.UK" when the URL used a lower case hostname "curl.co.uk", even though "co.uk" is listed as a PSL domain.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/curl/curl.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=curl-7_46_0 <curl-8_5_0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version curl-8_5_0
Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
EPSS
Base Score:
0.43