CVE-2026-8925 (GCVE-0-2026-8925)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-03 06:15 – Updated: 2026-09-15 06:03
VLAI
Title
SASL double-free
Summary
The curl logic that works with SASL authentication could end up cleaning up the GSASL context *twice* without clearing the pointer in between, making it `free()` the same pointer twice.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-06 17:03 UTC
CWE
Assigner
curl CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard D 46/100 over 59 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
curl curl Affected: 8.15.0 , < 8.16.1 (semver)
Affected: 8.17.0 , < 8.20.1 (semver)
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curl curl Affected: ab650379a8c25ca952f651476d25b4cdd77bb3fc , < 3da249e1f0716c06644ed3522a37a8bf81808012 (git)
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curl curl Affected: 8.20.0
Affected: 8.19.0
Affected: 8.18.0
Affected: 8.17.0
Affected: 8.16.0
Affected: 8.15.0
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Credits
Joshua Rogers (Aisle Research) Viktor Szakats
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