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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2026-80229

OpenSSL provider use-after-free

Description

When performing transfers via libcurl’s multi interface, pooled TLS connections can outlive their originating easy handles. In OpenSSL 3 provider configurations, libcurl attaches an allocated library context to the easy handle's state and passes it to OpenSSL without acquiring an ownership reference; destroying the easy handle prematurely frees this context while the active connection retains a dangling pointer, leading to a heap-use-after-free upon subsequent I/O or post-handshake operations.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

curl curl

Default version status: unaffected

  • 8.14.0 to < 8.14.2affected
  • 8.15.0 to < 8.16.1affected
  • 8.17.0 to < 8.20.1affected
  • 8.21.0 to < 8.22.0affected

curl curl

Default version status: unaffected

  • f2ce6c46b9dcc46ced0ce43fa95176ea7599a854 to < 7ea37abc6ac0120ba5f6d94be8d196f7cf1506bbaffected

curl curl

Default version status: unaffected

  • 8.21.0affected
  • 8.20.0affected
  • 8.19.0affected
  • 8.18.0affected
  • 8.17.0affected
  • 8.16.0affected
  • 8.15.0affected
  • 8.14.1affected
  • 8.14.0affected

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