WS Auto-PONG memory exhaustion (curl curl)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.86 % · percentile 59 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- curl
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
By default, curl automatically responds to WebSocket PING frames. Because curl lacks an upper bound on memory allocation for unacknowledged frames, a malicious server can exhaust all available memory by flooding curl with rapid, sequential PING messages.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-41500
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-11586
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1390 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Tenable Network Monitor · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1023 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Tenable Security Center · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0797 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans cURL et libcurl · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.16.0 < 8.21.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| curl · curl | affected 8.16.0 < 8.16.1 ; affected 8.17.0 < 8.20.1 |
| curl · curl | affected 0b091328773c64e23f5c4739da74527093c6a5ab < 849317ff5c5a5e13f50ec3d001e46ddffa77d8a4 |
| curl · curl | affected 8.20.0 ; affected 8.19.0 ; affected 8.18.0 ; affected 8.17.0 ; affected 8.16.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |