Use After Free Affecting libcurl package, versions [8.15.0,8.19.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBCURL-15460391
  • published11 Mar 2026
  • disclosed11 Mar 2026
  • creditDaniel Wade

Introduced: 11 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-3805  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libcurl to version 8.19.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in smb.c, which may reuse already freed memory from a previous SMB connection request. The window of opportunity to exploit this is small, and the region of memory exposed is small and out of the attacker's control.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1