FKIE_CVE-2026-8925

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-03 07:16 - Updated: 2026-07-06 18:20
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8925.html
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8925.json
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://hackerone.com/reports/3735193
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://hackerone.com/reports/3735193
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