CVE-2026-8458

Public on 2026-06-25
Modified on 2026-06-25
Description
libcurl might in some circumstances reuse the wrong connection when asked to do Negotiate-authenticated ones, even when they are set to use different "services".

libcurl features a pool of recent connections so that subsequent requests can reuse an existing connection to avoid overhead.

When reusing a connection a range of criteria must be met. Due to a logical error in the code, a request that was issued by an application could wrongfully reuse an existing connection to the same server that was authenticated using different services.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core curl Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 curl Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N