Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-92387

curl curl

never-ending loop via server response omission

CVSS 3.1
8.1High

Official description

By permanently omitting the final control-response line, a malicious FTP, IMAP, POP3, or SMTP server can exploit libcurl and completely bypass its configured transfer timeout mechanism, indefinitely blocking all concurrent transfers bound to the same multi-handle.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.1High 3.1 CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
curl curl 8.10.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.10.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.10.1 ≤ v ≤ 8.10.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.11.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.11.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.11.1 ≤ v ≤ 8.11.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.12.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.12.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.12.1 ≤ v ≤ 8.12.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.13.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.13.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.14.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.14.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.14.1 ≤ v ≤ 8.14.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.15.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.15.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.16.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.16.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.17.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.17.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.18.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.18.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.19.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.19.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.20.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.20.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.21.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.21.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
curl curl 8.22.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.22.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-10-20
Last updated
2026-10-29
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
curl

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.04%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
64.3%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
Proof of concept
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-835
    Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')