High 7.5Published Sep 6, 2026

CVE-2026-80231native CA store conn reuse

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:00 UTC)

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A flaw in libcurl makes it wrongly reuse an existing HTTPS connection setup for a given hostname even when using a different Native CA Store setting (`CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA`) than when the connection was created.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-488
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: curl
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Sep 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

curl curl curl:curl (from the name)	from 7.71.0 before 8.14.2; from 8.15.0 before 8.16.1; from 8.17.0 before 8.20.1; from 8.21.0 before 8.22.0	CNA record
haxx curl haxx:curl	from 7.71.0 before 8.22.0	NVD

References

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-80231.jsonvendor-advisory
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-80231.htmlmitigation, patch, vendor-advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/3969368exploit, mitigation, third-party-advisory

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