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CVE-2026-80229

OpenSSL provider use-after-free

High7.5EPSS 0.56%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
curl

Description

When performing transfers via libcurl’s multi interface, pooled TLS connections can outlive their originating easy handles. In OpenSSL 3 provider configurations, libcurl attaches an allocated library context to the easy handle's state and passes it to OpenSSL without acquiring an ownership reference; destroying the easy handle prematurely frees this context while the active connection retains a dangling pointer, leading to a heap-use-after-free upon subsequent I/O or post-handshake operations.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-80229, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
CISA-ADPADP (enrichment)3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

Affected products

  • curl · curl

    • affected 8.14.0 – < 8.14.2
    • affected 8.15.0 – < 8.16.1
    • affected 8.17.0 – < 8.20.1
    • affected 8.21.0 – < 8.22.0

  • curl · curl

    • affected f2ce6c46b9dcc46ced0ce43fa95176ea7599a854 – < 7ea37abc6ac0120ba5f6d94be8d196f7cf1506bb

  • curl · curl

    • affected 8.21.0
    • affected 8.20.0
    • affected 8.19.0
    • affected 8.18.0
    • affected 8.17.0
    • affected 8.16.0
    • affected 8.15.0
    • affected 8.14.1
    • affected 8.14.0

References (3)

Sources

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