GHSA-r5c3-3mf2-x8c7MediumCVSS 5.3

libcurl wrongly allows cookies to be set for Top Level Domains (TLDs) if thehost name is provided...

Published
June 3, 2022
Last Modified
October 14, 2026

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📋 Description

libcurl wrongly allows cookies to be set for Top Level Domains (TLDs) if thehost name is provided with a trailing dot.curl can be told to receive and send cookies. curl's "cookie engine" can bebuilt with or without Public Suffix Listawareness. If PSL support not provided, a more rudimentary check exists to atleast prevent cookies from being set on TLDs. This check was broken if thehost name in the URL uses a trailing dot.This can allow arbitrary sites to set cookies that then would get sent to adifferent and unrelated site or domain.

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