VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-0037

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability9.05%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-03-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled, accepts arbitrary Location values, which might allow remote HTTP servers to (1) trigger arbitrary requests to intranet servers, (2) read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or (3) execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Primary references