CVE-2009-0037
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-352
- EPSS score
- 9.0% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0048)
- Published
- March 5, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0048 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- curl / curl
- curl / curl
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References
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090303.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://curl.haxx.se/lxr/source/CHANGES(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34138(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34202
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34251
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34255
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34399
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35766
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-21.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.476602
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0042
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1738
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0341.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501757/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33962(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021783
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-726-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0581(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865
- http://www.withdk.com/2009/03/03/curllibcurl-redirect-arbitrary-file-access/
- http://www.withdk.com/archives/Libcurl_arbitrary_file_access.pdf
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49030
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11054
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6074
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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