CVE-2016-8615
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 4.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-08-01 06:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-16 13:35Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-10-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- ae4a13c8db041ada992a606acdf8e75cc016d9ff414690d1bdb5173c92afdd52
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3558https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- www.securityfocus.com94096http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94096
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8615
- curl.haxx.sehttps://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8615.patch
- curl.haxx.sehttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102A.html
- www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
- www.securitytracker.com1037192http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2486https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-47https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- lists.apache.org[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- curl Fixed in 7.51.0-1
- lib32-curl Fixed in 7.51.0-1
- lib32-libcurl-compat Fixed in 7.51.0-1
- lib32-libcurl-gnutls Fixed in 7.51.0-1
- libcurl-compat Fixed in 7.51.0-1
- libcurl-gnutls Fixed in 7.51.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- curl Fixed in 7.51.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- curl Fixed in 7.51.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- curl Fixed in 7.51.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- curl Fixed in 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- curl Fixed in 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.