hsts: accept 10K entries in the list

Up from 1K.

Reduces the risk that someone could flush the list by tricking a user to
do many transfers to new hostnames.

Document the limit.

Follow-up to 03a792b186

Closes #21200
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Daniel Stenberg 2026-04-02 08:05:40 +02:00
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6 changed files with 27 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ libcurl features an in-memory cache for HSTS hosts, so that subsequent
HTTP-only requests to a hostname present in the cache gets internally
"redirected" to the HTTPS version.
Since curl 8.20.0, libcurl keeps no more than the most recently added 10,000
unique HSTS hostnames.
## `curl_easy_setopt()` options:
- `CURLOPT_HSTS_CTRL` - enable HSTS for this easy handle

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@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ to access the created file.
If this option is used several times, curl loads contents from all the
files but the last one is used for saving.
Since curl 8.20.0, curl keeps no more than the most recently added 10,000
unique HSTS hostnames.

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@ -27,19 +27,22 @@ CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HSTS, char *filename);
# DESCRIPTION
Make the *filename* point to a filename to load an existing HSTS cache
from, and to store the cache in when the easy handle is closed. Setting a file
name with this option also enables HSTS for this handle (the equivalent of
setting *CURLHSTS_ENABLE* with CURLOPT_HSTS_CTRL(3)).
Make the *filename* point to a filename to load an existing HSTS cache from,
and to store the cache in when the easy handle is closed. Setting a filename
with this option also enables HSTS for this handle (the equivalent of setting
*CURLHSTS_ENABLE* with CURLOPT_HSTS_CTRL(3)).
If the given file does not exist or contains no HSTS entries at startup, the
HSTS cache starts empty. Setting the filename to NULL allows HSTS
without reading from or writing to any file. NULL also makes libcurl clear the
list of files to read HSTS data from, if any such were previously set.
HSTS cache starts empty. Setting the filename to NULL allows HSTS without
reading from or writing to any file. NULL also makes libcurl clear the list of
files to read HSTS data from, if any such were previously set.
If this option is set multiple times, libcurl loads cache entries from each
given file but only stores the last used name for later writing.
Since libcurl 8.20.0, each in-memory HSTS cache (per easy handle or shared
cache) holds no more than the most recently added 10,000 HSTS hostnames.
# FILE FORMAT
The HSTS cache is saved to and loaded from a text file with one entry per
@ -63,6 +66,9 @@ NULL, no filename
# SECURITY CONCERNS
We strongly urge users to stick to `HTTPS://` URLs, which makes this option
unnecessary.
libcurl cannot fully protect against attacks where an attacker has write
access to the same directory where it is directed to save files. This is
particularly sensitive if you save files using elevated privileges.

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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) && !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HSTS)
#include "llist.h"
#define MAX_HSTS_ENTRIES 1000
#define MAX_HSTS_ENTRIES 10000
#if defined(DEBUGBUILD) || defined(UNITTESTS)
extern time_t deltatime;

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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ HSTS
CURL_TIME=1548369261
</setenv>
<name>
HSTS load more than 1,000 entries from file
HSTS load more than 10k entries from file
</name>
# test 1674 renders the input file itself, then reads it
@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ HSTS load more than 1,000 entries from file
<verify>
<stdout>
Number of entries: 1000
OK
</stdout>
<limits>
Allocations: 1100
Allocations: 11000
</limits>
</verify>
</testcase>

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@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ static CURLcode test_unit1674(const char *arg)
Curl_hsts_loadfile(easy, h, arg);
curl_mprintf("Number of entries: %zu\n", Curl_llist_count(&h->list));
if(Curl_llist_count(&h->list) == MAX_HSTS_ENTRIES)
curl_mprintf("OK\n");
else
curl_mprintf("Number of entries: %zu\n", Curl_llist_count(&h->list));
curl_msnprintf(savename, sizeof(savename), "%s.save", arg);
(void)Curl_hsts_save(easy, h, savename);