Vulnerability · Published Sep 6, 2026 · Assigned by curl

CVE-2026-80231native CA store conn reuse

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in curl from curl. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw in libcurl makes it wrongly reuse an existing HTTPS connection setup for a given hostname even when using a different Native CA Store setting (`CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA`) than when the connection was created.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.23curl8.22.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-80231
Alpine:v3.24curl8.22.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-80231
Ubuntu:22.04:LTScurlno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80231
Ubuntu:24.04:LTScurlno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80231
Ubuntu:26.04:LTScurlno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80231

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
curl curl 7.71.0 – before 8.14.28.15.0 – before 8.16.18.17.0 – before 8.20.18.21.0 – before 8.22.0
curl curl 148534db57dda611cf8516e92e4d6e35fc1e5074 – before 7be1e70cb6bcd83e130ecfe8cb91b6a7dcdeff42
curl curl 8.21.08.20.08.19.08.18.08.17.08.16.08.15.08.14.1

Weakness: CWE-488 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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