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CVE-2026-80255

secure cookie attribute bypass with tab

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1, 8.22.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • curl curl

    From 8.13.0 · fixed in 8.14.2; From 8.15.0 · fixed in 8.16.1; From 8.17.0 · fixed in 8.20.1; From 8.21.0 · fixed in 8.22.0

  • curl curl

    Version range not reported

  • curl curl

    8.21.0, 8.20.0, 8.19.0, 8.18.0, 8.17.0, 8.16.0, 8.15.0, 8.14.1, 8.14.0, 8.13.0

References 3

curl.se

hackerone.com