Description
The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled, accepts arbitrary Location values, which might allow remote HTTP servers to (1) trigger arbitrary requests to intranet servers, (2) read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or (3) execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- CURL
- Published
- 3/5/2009
- Last Modified
- 4/9/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
curl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : curlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurlcurl : libcurl
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