A flaw in libcurl makes it wrongly reuse an existing HTTPS connection setup
for a given hostname even when using a different Native CA Store setting
(`CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA`) than when the connection was created.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00215.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-80231.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-80231.json cve-icon cve-icon
https://hackerone.com/reports/3969368 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-488
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-295

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Curl
Curl curl
Vendors & Products Curl
Curl curl

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw in libcurl makes it wrongly reuse an existing HTTPS connection setup for a given hostname even when using a different Native CA Store setting (`CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA`) than when the connection was created.
Title native CA store conn reuse
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: curl

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-08T18:51:07.952Z

Reserved: 2026-08-26T04:24:27.361Z

Link: CVE-2026-80231

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-08T18:50:55.455Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-09-06T18:17:22.500

Modified: 2026-09-08T19:19:54.307

Link: CVE-2026-80231

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-06T20:30:04Z

Weaknesses