Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by curl

CVE-2026-92392HTTP/2 upload Use-After-Free

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in curl from curl. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

During an upload, curl mishandles HTTP/2 `RST_STREAM` received from the server (with reason `HTTP_1_1_REQUIRED` or `REFUSED_STREAM`) leading to a use after free of a `struct Curl_easy` object.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.21curl8.14.1-r3ALPINE-CVE-2026-92392
Alpine:v3.22curl8.14.1-r4ALPINE-CVE-2026-92392
Alpine:v3.23curl8.23.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-92392
Alpine:v3.24curl8.23.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-92392
Debian:13curl8.14.1-2+deb13u7DEBIAN-CVE-2026-92392
Debian:14curlno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-92392
Ubuntu:26.04:LTScurl8.18.0-1ubuntu2.8USN-8927-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTScurl8.18.0-1ubuntu2.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-92392
Ubuntu:26.10curl8.20.0-2ubuntu11.1USN-8927-2
Ubuntu:26.10curl8.20.0-2ubuntu11.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-92392

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
curl curl 8.22.0 – through 8.22.08.21.0 – through 8.21.08.20.0 – through 8.20.08.19.0 – through 8.19.08.18.0 – through 8.18.08.17.0 – through 8.17.08.16.0 – through 8.16.08.15.0 – through 8.15.0

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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