Medium severity · published Dec 7, 2023
CVE-2023-46218
This flaw allows a malicious HTTP server to set "super cookies" in curl that are then passed back to more origins than what is otherwise allowed or possible
6.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
This flaw allows a malicious HTTP server to set "super cookies" in curl that
are then passed back to more origins than what is otherwise allowed or
possible. This allows a site to set cookies that then would get sent to
different and unrelated sites and domains.
It could do this by exploiting a mixed case flaw in curl's function that
verifies a given cookie domain against the Public Suffix List (PSL). For
example a cookie could be set with `domain=co.UK` when the URL used a lower
case hostname `curl.co.uk`, even though `co.uk` is listed as a PSL domain.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
curl · curl
8.4.0 through 8.4.0 · source: vendor, NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
39 · source: NVD
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46218
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46218
Patch
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-46218.html
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/2212193
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00015.html
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3ZX3VW67N4ACRAPMV2QS2LVYGD7H2MVE/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UOGXU25FMMT2X6UUITQ7EZZYMJ42YWWD/
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0007/
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