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Not yet scoredPublished Oct 20, 2026
CVE-2026-87865knownhost callback mismatches key as missing
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When libcurl uses libssh2 with a hashed `known_hosts` file, an unrelated initial entry can cause host key validation to report a key *mismatch* as a *missing* key to the `CURLOPT_SSH_KEYFUNCTION` callback.
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-295
- 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
- Received
- Record last updated
- Oct 20, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 20, 2026
Affected products
curl curl curl:curl (from the name) | from 8.22.0 through 8.22.0; from 8.21.0 through 8.21.0; from 8.20.0 through 8.20.0; from 8.19.0 through 8.19.0; from 8.18.0 through 8.18.0; from 8.17.0 through 8.17.0; from 8.16.0 through 8.16.0; from 8.15.0 through 8.15.0; and 50 more ranges | CNA record |
References
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-87865.json
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-87865.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3975408
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