{"id":"CVE-2021-22876","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-22876","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:31:45.817Z","title":"curl 7.1.1 to and including 7.75.0 is vulnerable to an \"Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor\" by leaking credentials in the HTTP Referer: header. libcurl does not strip off user credentials from the URL when automatically…","description":"curl 7.1.1 to and including 7.75.0 is vulnerable to an \"Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor\" by leaking credentials in the HTTP Referer: header. libcurl does not strip off user credentials from the URL when automatically populating the Referer: HTTP request header field in outgoing HTTP requests, and therefore risks leaking sensitive data to the server that is the target of the second HTTP request.","published":"2021-04-01T18:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-14T11:16:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"support@hackerone.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-359","CWE-200"],"affected":["haxx/libcurl","fedoraproject/fedora","netapp/hci management node","netapp/solidfire","netapp/hci compute node","netapp/hci storage node","broadcom/fabric operating system","debian/debian linux","siemens/sinec infrastructure network services","oracle/communications billing and revenue management","oracle/essbase","splunk/universal forwarder"],"epss":{"score":0.05301,"percentile":0.92531,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.30%). 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