CVE-2026-92387 (GCVE-0-2026-92387)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-20 20:19 – Updated: 2026-10-20 20:19
VLAI
Title
never-ending loop via server response omission
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
curl CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard D 46/100 over 59 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
curl curl Affected: 8.22.0 , ≤ 8.22.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.21.0 , ≤ 8.21.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.20.0 , ≤ 8.20.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.19.0 , ≤ 8.19.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.18.0 , ≤ 8.18.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.17.0 , ≤ 8.17.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.16.0 , ≤ 8.16.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.15.0 , ≤ 8.15.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.14.1 , ≤ 8.14.1 (semver)
Affected: 8.14.0 , ≤ 8.14.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.13.0 , ≤ 8.13.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.12.1 , ≤ 8.12.1 (semver)
Affected: 8.12.0 , ≤ 8.12.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.11.1 , ≤ 8.11.1 (semver)
Affected: 8.11.0 , ≤ 8.11.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.10.1 , ≤ 8.10.1 (semver)
Affected: 8.10.0 , ≤ 8.10.0 (semver)
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