Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness Affecting libcurl package, versions [7.76.0,8.21.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBCURL-17808160
  • published3 Jul 2026
  • disclosed3 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-8286  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-305  (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 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in the STARTTLS process. An attacker can compromise the security of the TLS connection by exploiting a scenario where a new transfer reuses an existing live connection despite a mismatch in TLS configuration.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1