Access Control Bypass Affecting libcurl package, versions [7.76.0,8.22.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBCURL-20158576
  • published27 Sept 2026
  • disclosed6 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-19931  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libcurl to version 8.22.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass via the connection reuse process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to another user's authenticated session by sending a request using empty credentials, which may be routed over a previously authenticated connection belonging to a different user.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1