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CVE-2026-11586

CVE-2026-11586 · WS Auto-PONG memory exhaustion

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By default, curl automatically responds to WebSocket PING frames. Because curl lacks an upper bound on memory allocation for unacknowledged frames, a malicious server can exhaust all available memory by flooding curl with rapid, sequential PING messages.

CVSS 7.5 · High · EPSS 0.9% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • curl

    Versions
    • ≥ 8.16.0, < 8.16.1: Affected (semver)
    • ≥ 8.17.0, < 8.20.1: Affected (semver)

    Update to 8.16.1; Update to 8.20.1

  • curl

    Versions
    • ≥ 0b091328773c64e23f5c4739da74527093c6a5ab, < 849317ff5c5a5e13f50ec3d001e46ddffa77d8a4: Affected (git)

    No fix published

  • curl

    Versions
    • 8.20.0: Affected
    • 8.19.0: Affected
    • 8.18.0: Affected
    • 8.17.0: Affected
    • 8.16.0: Affected

    No fix published

  • curl Debian:14

    Versions
    • 8.14.1-2
    • 8.14.1-2+exp1
    • 8.15.0-1
    • 8.15.0-1~bpo13+1
    • 8.15.0-1~exp1
    • 8.15.0~rc1-1exp1
    • 8.15.0~rc2-1~exp1
    • 8.15.0~rc3-1~exp1
    • 8.16.0-1
    • 8.16.0-1+exp1
    • 8.16.0-1~bpo13+1
    • 8.16.0-2
    • 8.16.0-3
    • 8.16.0-4
    • 8.16.0-4~bpo13+1
    • 8.16.0~rc1-1~exp1
    • 8.16.0~rc2-1
    • 8.16.0~rc2-2
    • 8.16.0~rc3-1
    • 8.17.0-1
    • 8.17.0-2
    • 8.17.0-3
    • 8.17.0~rc1-1~exp1
    • 8.17.0~rc2-1
    • 8.17.0~rc3-1
    • 8.18.0-1
    • 8.18.0-1~bpo13+1
    • 8.18.0-2
    • 8.18.0~rc1-1+exp1
    • 8.18.0~rc2-1
    • 8.18.0~rc3-1
    • 8.19.0-1
    • 8.19.0-1+exp1
    • 8.19.0-1~bpo13+1
    • 8.19.0-2
    • 8.19.0-3
    • 8.19.0-3+exp1
    • 8.19.0-3+exp2
    • 8.19.0~rc1-1~exp1
    • 8.19.0~rc2-1
    • 8.19.0~rc2-2
    • 8.19.0~rc3-1
    • 8.20.0-1
    • 8.20.0-1+exp
    • 8.20.0-2
    • 8.20.0-2+exp1
    • 8.20.0-2~bpo13+1
    • 8.20.0-3
    • 8.20.0-4
    • 8.20.0-5
    • 8.20.0-5~bpo13+1
    • 8.20.0~rc1-1+exp1
    • 8.20.0~rc1-1+exp2
    • 8.20.0~rc1-1+exp3
    • 8.20.0~rc2-1
    • 8.20.0~rc2-1+exp1
    • 8.20.0~rc3-1
    • 8.20.0~rc3-1+exp1
    • 8.21.0~rc1-1+exp1
    • 8.21.0~rc2-1
    • 8.21.0~rc2-1+exp1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 8.21.0~rc3-1

    Update to 8.21.0~rc3-1

  • curl Ubuntu:26.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 8.14.1-2ubuntu1
    • 8.17.0-1ubuntu1
    • 8.18.0-1ubuntu1
    • 8.18.0-1ubuntu2
    • 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1
    • 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.3

    Update to 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.3

Original sources

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