curl — security advisory

{
  "id": "8bbad0ce9837e35df5b087fa1e1329f0bf36a9e8ed5f38449b6bcbe9e02a8837",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46218",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46218",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46218",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "curl",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "7.88.1-10+deb12u5",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "7.88.1-10",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "7.88.1-10+deb12u1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "7.88.1-10+deb12u1~bpo11+1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "7.88.1-10+deb12u2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "7.88.1-10+deb12u3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "7.88.1-10+deb12u3~bpo11+1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "7.88.1-10+deb12u4",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "7.88.1-10+deb12u5~bpo11+1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "curl",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "8.5.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "curl",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "8.5.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46218",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46218"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "7.88.1-10+deb12u5"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "curl",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/curl?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "versions": [
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            "7.88.1-10+deb12u1",
            "7.88.1-10+deb12u1~bpo11+1",
            "7.88.1-10+deb12u2",
            "7.88.1-10+deb12u3",
            "7.88.1-10+deb12u3~bpo11+1",
            "7.88.1-10+deb12u4",
            "7.88.1-10+deb12u5~bpo11+1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46218.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8.5.0-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "curl",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/curl?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46218.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8.5.0-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "curl",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/curl?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46218.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T18:01:43.705710199Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-46218"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46218"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-46218",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 455659,
  "published_at": "2023-12-07T01:15:07.16+00:00"
}