CVE-2026-9080 (GCVE-0-2026-9080)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-03 06:17 – Updated: 2026-07-03 06:17
VLAI
Title
UAF after pause in socket callback
Summary
Calling `curl_easy_pause()` within the event-based `CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION` callback triggers a use-after-free vulnerability, where libcurl attempts to store a flag using a dangling struct pointer immediately after that pointer's memory has been freed.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
curl curl 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)
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Credits
Joshua Rogers (Aisle Research) Daniel Stenberg
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