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Sensitive information sent insecurely In curl

Description

A Set-Cookie: header using tab (horizontal tab, ASCII code 9) instead of space (ascii code 32) immediately before the Secure attribute causes curl to store the cookie without its Secure flag. The cookie might then wrongfully be sent over plaintext HTTP on subsequent requests to the same host.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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