CVE-2026-9546CWE-200information-disclosure

CVE-2026-9546

High · published July 3, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in libcurl caused the HTTP `Referer:` header to persist even

when explicitly cleared. While the documentation states that passing NULL to

`CURLOPT_REFERER` suppresses the header, the option failed to clear the

internal state. As a result, the previous referrer string was erroneously

reused and sent in subsequent requests, potentially leaking sensitive

information to unintended servers.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00652 · 50.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Published
2026-07-03T11:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
haxx/curl≥ 8.18.0, < 8.21.08.21.0
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 JUL 06:18Z
    sending old referer
    cvelistv5