Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness Affecting curl package, versions [7.33.0,8.21.0)
Threat Intelligence
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- published3 Jul 2026
- disclosed3 Jul 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 3 Jul 2026
CVE-2026-8286 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade curl to version 8.21.0 or higher.
Overview
curl is a command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in the STARTTLS process. An attacker can compromise the security of the TLS connection by exploiting a scenario where a new transfer reuses an existing live connection despite a mismatch in TLS configuration.