CVE-2025-14524 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

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No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00016.

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/07/4
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-14524.html
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-14524.json
https://hackerone.com/reports/3459417

History

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/07/4

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		bearer token leak on cross-protocol redirect
References		https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-14524.html https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-14524.json https://hackerone.com/reports/3459417

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: curl

Published: 2026-01-08T10:07:25.655Z

Updated: 2026-01-08T11:06:18.117Z

Reserved: 2025-12-11T08:04:14.328Z

Link: CVE-2025-14524

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-08T10:15:46.607

Modified: 2026-01-08T18:08:18.457

Link: CVE-2025-14524

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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