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
curlcurl8.21.0 <= 8.21.0affected
curlcurl8.20.0 <= 8.20.0affected
curlcurl8.19.0 <= 8.19.0affected
curlcurl8.18.0 <= 8.18.0affected
curlcurl8.17.0 <= 8.17.0affected
curlcurl8.16.0 <= 8.16.0affected
curlcurl8.15.0 <= 8.15.0affected
curlcurl8.14.1 <= 8.14.1affected
curlcurl8.14.0 <= 8.14.0affected
curlcurl8.13.0 <= 8.13.0affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-201 Information Exposure Through Sent Data

References