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CURL-CVE-2021-22876

Published Mar 31, 2021·Last modified Apr 25, 2026
Affected Components(333)
curl/curl
curl-7_60_0
curl/curl
curl-7_10_6
curl/curl
curl-7_21_6
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Description

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".

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Risk Scores
Base Score
-1.0

Measures severity based on intrinsic characteristics of the vulnerability, independent of environment.

Threat Intelligence
-1.0

No exploitation activity has been observed at this time. Continue routine monitoring.

EPSS
5.30%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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