CVE-2026-9080
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.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 7.3
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS probability
- 0.29%
- CWE
- CWE-416
- Published
- 2026-07-03
- Last modified
- 2026-09-17
Affected products
- curl curl
- curl curl
- curl curl
- curl curl
- curl curl
- curl curl
- curl curl
- curl curl
Weakness type
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