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CVE-2026-8286

HIGH 8.1

wrong STARTTLS connection reuse

CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A vulnerability exists where a new transfer that uses STARTTLS to upgrade the connection might reuse an existing live connection even though the TLS configuration mismatches so it should not.

CWE CWE-295
Vendor curl
Product curl
Published Jul 3, 2026
Last Updated Sep 15, 2026
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Affected Versions

curl / curl
7.30.0 < 8.14.2 8.15.0 < 8.16.1 8.17.0 < 8.20.1
curl / curl
a1701eea289fe7ea80651f801cf992838a491dde < a86efdd7ca5433de9231e650f18247de8319ad16
curl / curl
8.20.0 8.19.0 8.18.0 8.17.0 8.16.0 8.15.0 8.14.1 8.14.0 8.13.0 8.12.1 8.12.0 8.11.1 8.11.0 8.10.1 8.10.0 8.9.1 8.9.0 8.8.0 8.7.1 8.7.0 8.6.0 8.5.0 8.4.0 8.3.0 8.2.1 8.2.0 8.1.2 8.1.1 8.1.0 8.0.1 8.0.0 7.88.1 7.88.0 7.87.0 7.86.0 7.85.0 7.84.0 7.83.1 7.83.0 7.82.0 7.81.0 7.80.0 7.79.1 7.79.0 7.78.0 7.77.0 7.76.1 7.76.0 7.75.0 7.74.0 7.73.0 7.72.0 7.71.1 7.71.0 7.70.0 7.69.1 7.69.0 7.68.0 7.67.0 7.66.0 7.65.3 7.65.2 7.65.1 7.65.0 7.64.1 7.64.0 7.63.0 7.62.0 7.61.1 7.61.0 7.60.0 7.59.0 7.58.0 7.57.0 7.56.1 7.56.0 7.55.1 7.55.0 7.54.1 7.54.0 7.53.1 7.53.0 7.52.1 7.52.0 7.51.0 7.50.3 7.50.2 7.50.1 7.50.0 7.49.1 7.49.0 7.48.0 7.47.1 7.47.0 7.46.0 7.45.0 7.44.0 7.43.0 7.42.1 7.42.0 7.41.0 7.40.0 7.39.0 7.38.0 7.37.1 7.37.0 7.36.0 7.35.0 7.34.0 7.33.0 7.32.0 7.31.0 7.30.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
curl.se: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8286.json curl.se: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8286.html hackerone.com: https://hackerone.com/reports/3718195

Credits

Andrew Nesbitt (powered by Mythos) Stefan Eissing