Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting libcurl package, versions [8.18.0,8.23.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBCURL-21195556
  • published18 Oct 2026
  • disclosed14 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-86412  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libcurl to version 8.23.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions when processing an oversized cookie parameter from a remote endpoint in the cookie process. An attacker can cause the loss of session state by serving a specially crafted cookie that triggers the application to reset the storage file upon its next execution. This is only exploitable if the application is explicitly configured to maintain a persistent cookie store across executions.

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1