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CVE-2009-0037

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2009-03-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Curl CurlCurl Libcurl

Weakness Type

CWE-352

References