Access Control Bypass Affecting libcurl package, versions [7.76.0,8.21.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBCURL-17808157
  • published3 Jul 2026
  • disclosed3 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-8458  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libcurl to version 8.21.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass in the connection reuse process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to resources or services by exploiting the reuse of an authenticated connection intended for a different service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1