Bug 2553451 - CVE-2026-9546 rust: libcurl: Information disclosure due to persistent Referer header [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-9546 rust: libcurl: Information disclosure due to persistent Referer...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: rust
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Rust SIG
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["f740ab0b-53a7-444e-9797-f...
Depends On:
Blocks: CVE-2026-9546
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-10-15 13:09 UTC by Avinash Hanwate
Modified: 2026-10-15 18:59 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2026-10-15 18:59:36 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description Avinash Hanwate 2026-10-15 13:09:22 UTC
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

A vulnerability in libcurl caused the HTTP `Referer:` header to persist even
when explicitly cleared. While the documentation states that passing NULL to
`CURLOPT_REFERER` suppresses the header, the option failed to clear the
internal state. As a result the previous referrer string was erroneously
reused and sent in subsequent requests, potentially leaking sensitive
information to unintended servers.

Comment 1 Josh Stone 2026-10-15 18:59:36 UTC
The bundled `curl` sources (via the Rust `curl-sys` crate) are wholly removed during the `%prep` phase to be sure we don't use them. Instead, we use the system `curl` library, so any CVE fixes only need to be made in that component on its own.


Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.