Automatic referer leaks credentials
libcurl does not strip off user credentials from the URL when automatically populating the `Referer:` HTTP request header field in outgoing HTTP requests, and therefore risks leaking sensitive data to the server that is the target of the second HTTP request. libcurl automatically sets the `Referer:` HTTP request header field in outgoing HTTP requests if the `CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER` option is set. With the curl tool, it is enabled with `--referer ";auto"`.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
173 explicit affected versions
333 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
curl 7.1.1 to and including 7.75.0 is vulnerable to an "Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor" by leaking credentials in the HTTP Referer: header. libcurl does not strip off user credentials from the URL when automatically populating the Referer: HTTP request header field in outgoing HTTP requests, and therefore risks leaking sensitive data to the server that is the target of the second HTTP request.
libcurl does not strip off user credentials from the URL when automatically populating the `Referer:` HTTP request header field in outgoing HTTP requests, and therefore risks leaking sensitive data to the server that is the target of the second HTTP request. libcurl automatically sets the `Referer:` HTTP request header field in outgoing HTTP requests if the `CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER` option is set. With the curl tool, it is enabled with `--referer ";auto"`.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2021-22876.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1101882
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00019.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2ZC5BMIOKLBQJSFCHEDN2G2C2SH274BP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITVWPVGLFISU5BJC2BXBRYSDXTXE2YGC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQUIOYX2KUU6FIUZVB5WWZ6JHSSYSQWJ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-36
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0007/
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html