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CVE-2026-4873· NVD / CVE Program· CNA curl

connection reuse ignores TLS requirement

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 23/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.35% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: curl curl 507e7be573b0a76fca597b75ff7cb27a66e7d865, 8.14.2, 8.16.1; azl3 cmake 3.30.3-13 on Azure Linux 3.0 3.30.3-14; azl3 curl 8.11.1-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 8.11.1-7.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to curl curl 507e7be573b0a76fca597b75ff7cb27a66e7d865, 8.14.2, 8.16.1; azl3 cmake 3.30.3-13 on Azure Linux 3.0 3.30.3-14; azl3 curl 8.11.1-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 8.11.1-7 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A vulnerability exists where a connection requiring TLS incorrectly reuses an existing unencrypted connection from the same connection pool. If an initial transfer is made in clear-text (via IMAP, SMTP, or POP3), a subsequent request to that same host bypasses the TLS requirement and instead transmit data unencrypted.

MediumCVSS 5.9 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 13, 2026
Updated
Sep 15, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 28th percentile

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Action score

23

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
23 / 40 · 5.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • haxx curl7.20.0 and later · before 8.20.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (curl). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • curl curl

    • 8.19.0, 8.18.0, 8.17.0, 8.16.0, 8.15.0, 8.14.1, 8.14.0, 8.13.0, 8.12.1, 8.12.0, 8.11.1, 8.11.0 … (+24)affected
    • 7.20.0 and later · before 8.14.2affected · semver
    • 8.15.0 and later · before 8.16.1affected · semver
    • 8.17.0 and later · before 8.20.0affected · semver
    • ec3bb8f727405642a471b4b1b9eb0118fc003104 and later · before 507e7be573b0a76fca597b75ff7cb27a66e7d865affected · git

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.21curlfrom 7.20.0 · before 8.14.1-r38.14.1-r3
Alpine:v3.22curlfrom 7.20.0 · before 8.14.1-r48.14.1-r4
Alpine:v3.23curlfrom 7.20.0 · before 8.20.0-r08.20.0-r0
Debian:12curlfrom 0—
Debian:13curlbefore 8.14.1-2+deb13u48.14.1-2+deb13u4
Debian:14curlbefore 8.20.0~rc2-18.20.0~rc2-1
openSUSE:Leap 16.0curlbefore 8.14.1-160000.6.18.14.1-160000.6.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedcurlbefore 8.20.0-1.18.20.0-1.1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1curlbefore 0:8.20.0-0.1.hum10:8.20.0-0.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1libcurlbefore 0:8.20.0-0.1.hum10:8.20.0-0.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1libcurl-develbefore 0:8.20.0-0.1.hum10:8.20.0-0.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1libcurl-minimalbefore 0:8.20.0-0.1.hum10:8.20.0-0.1.hum1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7curlbefore 8.14.1-150700.7.20.18.14.1-150700.7.20.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0curl-minibefore 8.14.1-160000.6.18.14.1-160000.6.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5curlbefore 8.0.1-11.123.18.0.1-11.123.1
SUSE:Linux Micro 6.2curlbefore 8.14.1-160000.6.18.14.1-160000.6.1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-22901curl 7.75.0 through 7.76.1 suffers from a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in already freed memory being used when a TLS 1.3 session t
    51Plan
  • CVE-2023-38039When curl retrieves an HTTP response, it stores the incoming headers so that they can be accessed later via the libcurl headers API.
    47Plan
  • CVE-2024-2398HTTP/2 push headers memory-leak
    45Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-3784Mar 11, 2026 · wrong proxy connection reuse with credentials
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-3805Mar 11, 2026 · use after free in SMB connection reuse
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-5545May 13, 2026 · wrong reuse of HTTP Negotiate connection
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
curl curl507e7be573b0a76fca597b75ff7cb27a66e7d865Vendor (CNA)
curl curl8.14.2Vendor (CNA)
curl curl8.16.1Vendor (CNA)
curl curl8.20.0Vendor (CNA)
azl3 cmake 3.30.3-13 on Azure Linux 3.03.30.3-14 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
azl3 curl 8.11.1-6 on Azure Linux 3.08.11.1-7 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
azl3 curl 8.11.1-7 on Azure Linux 3.08.11.1-7 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
alpine:curl8.14.1-r3 · Alpine:v3.21Package registry (OSV)
alpine:curl8.20.0-r0 · Alpine:v3.23Package registry (OSV)
debian:curl8.14.1-2+deb13u4 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:curl8.20.0-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:curl0:8.20.0-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:libcurl0:8.20.0-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:libcurl-devel0:8.20.0-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:libcurl-minimal0:8.20.0-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
suse:curl8.14.1-160000.6.1 · SUSE:Linux Micro 6.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:curl-mini8.14.1-160000.6.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-319 · Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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