Answer in brief
CVE-2026-80229 records a High severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in OpenSSL provider use-after-free. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps curl/curl (generic), curl/curl (generic), curl/curl (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps curl/curl (generic), curl/curl (generic), curl/curl (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| curl/curlgeneric | 8.21.0 || 8.20.0 || 8.19.0 || 8.18.0 || 8.17.0 || 8.16.0 || 8.15.0 || 8.14.1 || 8.14.0 | Not reported |
| curl/curlgeneric | >=8.14.0 <8.14.2 || >=8.15.0 <8.16.1 || >=8.17.0 <8.20.1 || >=8.21.0 <8.22.0 | 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1, 8.22.0 |
| curl/curlgeneric | >=f2ce6c46b9dcc46ced0ce43fa95176ea7599a854 <7ea37abc6ac0120ba5f6d94be8d196f7cf1506bb | 7ea37abc6ac0120ba5f6d94be8d196f7cf1506bb |
Published upstream
Sep 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 6, 2026
When performing transfers via libcurl’s multi interface, pooled TLS connections can outlive their originating easy handles. In OpenSSL 3 provider configurations, libcurl attaches an allocated library context to the easy handle's state and passes it to OpenSSL without acquiring an ownership reference; destroying the easy handle prematurely frees this context while the active connection retains a dangling pointer, leading to a heap-use-after-free upon subsequent I/O or post-handshake operations.
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