Improper Authentication Affecting libcurl package, versions [7.82.0,8.22.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBCURL-20158580
  • published27 Sept 2026
  • disclosed6 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-13608  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (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 Improper Authentication via the SASL negotiation process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access by injecting a premature or shortcut response during a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack, causing incomplete peer validation to be misinterpreted as successful authentication.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1