Answer in brief
CVE-2026-8286 records a High severity (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in wrong STARTTLS connection reuse. 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 8.1. 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.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| curl/curlgeneric | >=7.30.0 <8.14.2 || >=8.15.0 <8.16.1 || >=8.17.0 <8.20.1 | 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1 |
| curl/curlgeneric | >=a1701eea289fe7ea80651f801cf992838a491dde <a86efdd7ca5433de9231e650f18247de8319ad16 | a86efdd7ca5433de9231e650f18247de8319ad16 |
| curl/curlgeneric | 8.20.0 || 8.19.0 || 8.18.0 || 8.17.0 || 8.16.0 || 8.15.0 || 8.14.1 || 8.14.0 || 8.13.0 || 8.12.1 || 8.12.0 || 8.11.1 || 8.11.0 || 8.10.1 || 8.10.0 || 8.9.1 || 8.9.0 || 8.8.0 || 8.7.1 || 8.7.0 || 8.6.0 || 8.5.0 || 8.4.0 || 8.3.0 || 8.2.1 || 8.2.0 || 8.1.2 || 8.1.1 || 8.1.0 || 8.0.1 || 8.0.0 || 7.88.1 || 7.88.0 || 7.87.0 || 7.86.0 || 7.85.0 || 7.84.0 || 7.83.1 || 7.83.0 || 7.82.0 || 7.81.0 || 7.80.0 || 7.79.1 || 7.79.0 || 7.78.0 || 7.77.0 || 7.76.1 || 7.76.0 || 7.75.0 || 7.74.0 || 7.73.0 || 7.72.0 || 7.71.1 || 7.71.0 || 7.70.0 || 7.69.1 || 7.69.0 || 7.68.0 || 7.67.0 || 7.66.0 || 7.65.3 || 7.65.2 || 7.65.1 || 7.65.0 || 7.64.1 || 7.64.0 || 7.63.0 || 7.62.0 || 7.61.1 || 7.61.0 || 7.60.0 || 7.59.0 || 7.58.0 || 7.57.0 || 7.56.1 || 7.56.0 || 7.55.1 || 7.55.0 || 7.54.1 || 7.54.0 || 7.53.1 || 7.53.0 || 7.52.1 || 7.52.0 || 7.51.0 || 7.50.3 || 7.50.2 || 7.50.1 || 7.50.0 || 7.49.1 || 7.49.0 || 7.48.0 || 7.47.1 || 7.47.0 || 7.46.0 || 7.45.0 || 7.44.0 || 7.43.0 || 7.42.1 || 7.42.0 || 7.41.0 || 7.40.0 || 7.39.0 || 7.38.0 || 7.37.1 || 7.37.0 || 7.36.0 || 7.35.0 || 7.34.0 || 7.33.0 || 7.32.0 || 7.31.0 || 7.30.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jul 3, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jul 3, 2026
A vulnerability exists where a new transfer that uses STARTTLS to upgrade the connection might reuse an existing live connection even though the TLS configuration mismatches so it should not.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.