CVE-2026-80255

Summary

A Set-Cookie: header using tab (horizontal tab, ASCII code 9) instead of space (ascii code 32) immediately before the Secure attribute causes curl to store the cookie without its Secure flag. The cookie might then wrongfully be sent over plaintext HTTP on subsequent requests to the same host.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
curlcurl8.13.0 < 8.14.2affected
curlcurl8.15.0 < 8.16.1affected
curlcurl8.17.0 < 8.20.1affected
curlcurl8.21.0 < 8.22.0affected
curlcurl1aea05a6c2699e80c75936d58569851555acd603 < 4f6aa41a0145e930e766775dbe860883d350aa0aaffected
curlcurl8.21.0affected
curlcurl8.20.0affected
curlcurl8.19.0affected
curlcurl8.18.0affected
curlcurl8.17.0affected
curlcurl8.16.0affected
curlcurl8.15.0affected
curlcurl8.14.1affected
curlcurl8.14.0affected
curlcurl8.13.0affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-201: Information Exposure Through Sent Data

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

Additional References

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