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libcurl CVE-2026-13608

| EUVDEUVD-2026-72164 HIGH
Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints (CWE-923)
7.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor
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Vendor (CNA) PRIMARY
7.4 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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7.4 HIGH

MITM network positioning is required (AC:H); no attacker privileges needed; both confidentiality and integrity are high as LDAP credentials and directory data are exposed; no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
3.7 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVSS VectorVendor

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Updated
Sep 08, 2026 - 16:35 vuln.today
v2 (cvss_changed)
Re-analysis Queued
Sep 08, 2026 - 16:22 vuln.today
cvss_changed
CVSS changed
Sep 08, 2026 - 16:22 NVD
7.4 (HIGH)
Analysis Generated
Sep 02, 2026 - 12:16 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 02, 2026 - 10:57 oss-security
HIGH

Description PRE-NVD

Disclosed via oss-security. NVD scoring and full description are pending.

AnalysisAI

libcurl's SASL state machine for LDAP authentication incorrectly treats an incomplete cryptographic handshake as a fully verified authentication exchange, allowing a Man-in-the-Middle attacker to inject a premature termination message that bypasses peer validation entirely. All curl releases from 7.82.0 through 8.21.0 are affected, spanning a multi-year release history documented in EUVD-2026-72164 and the curl project's own advisory. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires the attacker to achieve Man-in-the-Middle network positioning between the libcurl client and the LDAP server - for example via ARP poisoning, rogue DNS, or network layer adjacency. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 7.4 score and AC:H metric correctly capture the central limiting factor: successful exploitation demands active Man-in-the-Middle network positioning, which is a meaningful barrier in most modern environments where network segments are isolated or monitored. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Upgrade curl/libcurl to a release newer than 8.21.0 as directed by the curl project's advisory at https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-13608.html; the exact patched release should be confirmed there, as 8.21.0 itself appears in the affected-version list and the fix version is ambiguous from the available input data. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, inventory all systems running curl 7.82.0 through 8.21.0 with LDAP authentication active and determine whether they operate in environments with Man-in-the-Middle exposure risk. …

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
Container bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel:latest Container bci/rust:1.97 Container bci/rust:latest Container private-registry/1.2/harbor-trivy-adapter:1.2.1-1.99 Container private-registry/harbor-trivy-adapter:1.1.3-2.117 Container suse/kea:2.6 Container suse/kiosk/firefox-esr:latest Container suse/postgres:16 Container suse/postgres:16.15 Container suse/postgres:17 Container suse/postgres:17.11 Container suse/postgres:latest Container suse/rmt-server:latest Affected
Container bci/golang:1.25 Container bci/golang:1.25-openssl Container bci/golang:1.26 Container bci/golang:latest Container bci/node:22 Container bci/openjdk:17 Container bci/openjdk:21 Container bci/openjdk:latest Container bci/python:3 Container bci/python:latest Container bci/ruby:2 Container bci/ruby:latest Container suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node:latest Container suse/sle15:latest Affected
Container suse/ltss/sle15.6/sle15:15.6-5.89 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container:2.1.3-6.177 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container:2.1.3-6.160 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/rt-os-container:2.1.3-7.174 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container:2.1.3-7.144 Image SLE-Micro Image SLE-Micro-Azure Image SLE-Micro-BYOS Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-Azure Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-EC2 Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-GCE Image SLE-Micro-EC2 Image SLE-Micro-GCE Affected

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