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CVE-2025-14524

bearer token leak on cross-protocol redirect

Published: Jan 8, 2026Updated: Jan 20, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-601
5.3CVSSMEDIUM

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None

Weaknesses

Affected Products

canonical ltd.commercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical
daniel stenbergindividual-devOSS Librariesaka daniel.haxx.se, daniel stenberg (curl author)
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

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Timeline

Published
Jan 8, 2026
Last Updated
Jan 20, 2026

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