CVE-2016-8615 MEDIUM

CVE-2016-8615

Vendor The Curl Project
Product curl
Weakness CWE-99
Published August 1, 2018
Last update April 16, 2026

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51. If cookie state is written into a cookie jar file that is later read back and used for subsequent requests, a malicious HTTP server can inject new cookies for arbitrary domains into said cookie jar.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 1, 2018 CVE published
April 16, 2026 Record updated