Cookie disclosure via public-suffix wildcard scope
Published Sep 6, 2026 · Updated Sep 8, 2026
Information disclosure in affected curl releases from 7.46.0 through 8.21.0 allows remote attackers to receive cookies via sibling-domain requests. Curl_cookie_add accepts a public-suffix Domain equal to the origin, and is_public_suffix leaves the cookie tail-matching instead of host-only. Exploitation requires libpsl support, a cookie issued by the public-suffix apex, and a later request or redirect to an attacker-controlled sibling; the result is cookie disclosure only.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in affected curl releases from 7.46.0 through 8.21.0 allows remote attackers to receive cookies via sibling-domain requests. Curl_cookie_add accepts a public-suffix Domain equal to the origin, and is_public_suffix leaves the cookie tail-matching instead of host-only. Exploitation requires libpsl support, a cookie issued by the public-suffix apex, and a later request or redirect to an attacker-controlled sibling; the result is cookie disclosure only.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-82209
- Published
- Sep 6, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 8, 2026
- Vendor
- curl
- Product
- curl
- Classifications
- CWE-201, T1539
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 6, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=7.46.0 <=7.46.0
- Affected versionversion=7.47.0 <=7.47.0
- Affected versionversion=7.47.1 <=7.47.1
- Affected versionversion=7.48.0 <=7.48.0
- Affected versionversion=7.49.0 <=7.49.0
- Affected versionversion=7.49.1 <=7.49.1
- Affected versionversion=7.50.0 <=7.50.0
- Affected versionversion=7.50.1 <=7.50.1
- Affected versionversion=7.50.2 <=7.50.2
- Affected versionversion=7.50.3 <=7.50.3
- Affected versionversion=7.51.0 <=7.51.0
- Affected versionversion=7.52.0 <=7.52.0
- Affected versionversion=7.52.1 <=7.52.1
- Affected versionversion=7.53.0 <=7.53.0
- Affected versionversion=7.53.1 <=7.53.1
- Affected versionversion=7.54.0 <=7.54.0
- Affected versionversion=7.54.1 <=7.54.1
- Affected versionversion=7.55.0 <=7.55.0
- Affected versionversion=7.55.1 <=7.55.1
- Affected versionversion=7.56.0 <=7.56.0
- Affected versionversion=7.56.1 <=7.56.1
- Affected versionversion=7.57.0 <=7.57.0
- Affected versionversion=7.58.0 <=7.58.0
- Affected versionversion=7.59.0 <=7.59.0
- Affected versionversion=7.60.0 <=7.60.0
- Affected versionversion=7.61.0 <=7.61.0
- Affected versionversion=7.61.1 <=7.61.1
- Affected versionversion=7.62.0 <=7.62.0
- Affected versionversion=7.63.0 <=7.63.0
- Affected versionversion=7.64.0 <=7.64.0
- Affected versionversion=7.64.1 <=7.64.1
- Affected versionversion=7.65.0 <=7.65.0
- Affected versionversion=7.65.1 <=7.65.1
- Affected versionversion=7.65.2 <=7.65.2
- Affected versionversion=7.65.3 <=7.65.3
- Affected versionversion=7.66.0 <=7.66.0
- Affected versionversion=7.67.0 <=7.67.0
- Affected versionversion=7.68.0 <=7.68.0
- Affected versionversion=7.69.0 <=7.69.0
- Affected versionversion=7.69.1 <=7.69.1
- Affected versionversion=7.70.0 <=7.70.0
- Affected versionversion=7.71.0 <=7.71.0
- Affected versionversion=7.71.1 <=7.71.1
- Affected versionversion=7.72.0 <=7.72.0
- Affected versionversion=7.73.0 <=7.73.0
- Affected versionversion=7.74.0 <=7.74.0
- Affected versionversion=7.75.0 <=7.75.0
- Affected versionversion=7.76.0 <=7.76.0
- Affected versionversion=7.76.1 <=7.76.1
- Affected versionversion=7.77.0 <=7.77.0
- Affected versionversion=7.78.0 <=7.78.0
- Affected versionversion=7.79.0 <=7.79.0
- Affected versionversion=7.79.1 <=7.79.1
- Affected versionversion=7.80.0 <=7.80.0
- Affected versionversion=7.81.0 <=7.81.0
- Affected versionversion=7.82.0 <=7.82.0
- Affected versionversion=7.83.0 <=7.83.0
- Affected versionversion=7.83.1 <=7.83.1
- Affected versionversion=7.84.0 <=7.84.0
- Affected versionversion=7.85.0 <=7.85.0
- Affected versionversion=7.86.0 <=7.86.0
- Affected versionversion=7.87.0 <=7.87.0
- Affected versionversion=7.88.0 <=7.88.0
- Affected versionversion=7.88.1 <=7.88.1
- Affected versionversion=8.0.0 <=8.0.0
- Affected versionversion=8.0.1 <=8.0.1
- Affected versionversion=8.10.0 <=8.10.0
- Affected versionversion=8.10.1 <=8.10.1
- Affected versionversion=8.1.0 <=8.1.0
- Affected versionversion=8.11.0 <=8.11.0
- Affected versionversion=8.11.1 <=8.11.1
- Affected versionversion=8.1.1 <=8.1.1
- Affected versionversion=8.12.0 <=8.12.0
- Affected versionversion=8.12.1 <=8.12.1
- Affected versionversion=8.1.2 <=8.1.2
- Affected versionversion=8.13.0 <=8.13.0
- Affected versionversion=8.14.0 <=8.14.0
- Affected versionversion=8.14.1 <=8.14.1
- Affected versionversion=8.15.0 <=8.15.0
- Affected versionversion=8.16.0 <=8.16.0
- Affected versionversion=8.17.0 <=8.17.0
- Affected versionversion=8.18.0 <=8.18.0
- Affected versionversion=8.19.0 <=8.19.0
- Affected versionversion=8.20.0 <=8.20.0
- Affected versionversion=8.2.0 <=8.2.0
- Affected versionversion=8.21.0 <=8.21.0
- Affected versionversion=8.2.1 <=8.2.1
- Affected versionversion=8.3.0 <=8.3.0
- Affected versionversion=8.4.0 <=8.4.0
- Affected versionversion=8.5.0 <=8.5.0
- Affected versionversion=8.6.0 <=8.6.0
- Affected versionversion=8.7.0 <=8.7.0
- Affected versionversion=8.7.1 <=8.7.1
- Affected versionversion=8.8.0 <=8.8.0
- Affected versionversion=8.9.0 <=8.9.0
- Affected versionversion=8.9.1 <=8.9.1
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Public exploit references
- curl test2318 PSL-cookie reproducerproof of concept · demonstrated
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