CVE-2026-8458 Affecting curl-doc package, versions <8.21.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-CURLDOC-17897827
  • published9 Jul 2026
  • disclosed3 Jul 2026

Introduced: 3 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-8458  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest curl-doc to version 8.21.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl-doc package and not the curl-doc package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

libcurl might in some circumstances reuse the wrong connection when asked to do Negotiate-authenticated ones, even when they are set to use different 'services'.

libcurl features a pool of recent connections so that subsequent requests can reuse an existing connection to avoid overhead.

When reusing a connection a range of criteria must be met. Due to a logical error in the code, a request that was issued by an application could wrongfully reuse an existing connection to the same server that was authenticated using different services.