CVE-2025-14524Medium· 5.3▾ SunlitWhen an OAuth2 bearer token is used for an HTTP(S) transfer, and that transfer performs a cross-protocol redirect to a second URL that uses an IMAP, LDAP, POP3 or SMTP scheme, curl might wrongly pass on the bearer token to the new target…
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 29.2 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
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0.7% → 0.7%
When an OAuth2 bearer token is used for an HTTP(S) transfer, and that transfer performs a cross-protocol redirect to a second URL that uses an IMAP, LDAP, POP3 or SMTP scheme, curl might wrongly pass on the bearer token to the new target host.
curl >= 7.33.0, < 8.18.0Upgrade past the affected range:
curl 8.18.0Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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