9.8Critical
Haxx Curl
CVE-2026-10536
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in libcurl when an application configures an HTTP/2 stream-dependency tree via `CURLOPT_STREAM_DEPENDS` or `CURLOPT_STREAM_DEPENDS_E`, subsequently invokes `curl_easy_reset()`, and finally terminates the handle with `curl_easy_cleanup()`. During this final cleanup phase, libcurl attempts to access and modify an internal structure that was already freed during the reset operation.
What this means for your business
- It affects Haxx Curl. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- Code showing how to exploit it has been published, but real attacks have not been confirmed.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.9% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 57% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Haxx Curl, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Assigned by
- 2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9
Dates
- Published
- 2026-07-03
- Last modified
- 2026-09-15
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Haxx Curl7.88.0 - 8.21.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.