Use After Free Affecting libcurl package, versions [7.76.0,8.22.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBCURL-20158578
  • published27 Sept 2026
  • disclosed6 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-18924  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (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 Use After Free in the cleanup process when handling HTTP/2 Server Push streams with the parenthandle configured to share connections with other handles. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by triggering use-after-free conditions through crafted HTTP/2 requests.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1