connection reuse ignores TLS requirement (curl curl)

CVE-2026-4873
MEDIUM 5.9

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.33 % · percentile 26 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
curl
NVD status
Modified

Description

A vulnerability exists where a connection requiring TLS incorrectly reuses an existing unencrypted connection from the same connection pool. If an initial transfer is made in clear-text (via IMAP, SMTP, or POP3), a subsequent request to that same host bypasses the TLS requirement and instead transmit data unencrypted.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
  • CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
curl · curlaffected 7.20.0 < 8.14.2 ; affected 8.15.0 < 8.16.1 ; affected 8.17.0 < 8.20.0
curl · curlaffected ec3bb8f727405642a471b4b1b9eb0118fc003104 < 507e7be573b0a76fca597b75ff7cb27a66e7d865
curl · curlaffected 8.19.0 ; affected 8.18.0 ; affected 8.17.0 ; affected 8.16.0 ; affected 8.15.0 ; affected 8.14.1

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD