Use After Free Affecting curl package, versions [8.14.0,8.14.2)[8.15.0,8.16.1)[8.17.0,8.20.1)[8.21.0,8.22.0)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CURL-20158573
- published27 Sept 2026
- disclosed6 Sept 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 6 Sep 2026
CVE-2026-80229 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade curl to version 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1, 8.22.0 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 Use After Free in the multi process when pooled TLS connections outlive their originating easy handles. An attacker can cause a heap-use-after-free by triggering the destruction of an easy handle while an active connection still references its associated library context, leading to potential code execution or denial of service during subsequent I/O or post-handshake operations.