Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 7, 2023· Updated May 12, 2026
CVE-2023-46218
CVE-2023-46218
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
11- curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-46218.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/2212193nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3ZX3VW67N4ACRAPMV2QS2LVYGD7H2MVE/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.htmlnvd
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-093430.htmlnvd
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-202008.htmlnvd
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-331112.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00015.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UOGXU25FMMT2X6UUITQ7EZZYMJ42YWWD/nvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0007/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5587nvd
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