Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting curl package, versions [8.18.0,8.23.0)
Threat Intelligence
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- published18 Oct 2026
- disclosed14 Oct 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 14 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-86412 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade curl to version 8.23.0 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 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.