CVE-2026-10536

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in libcurl when an application configures an HTTP/2 stream-dependency tree via CURLOPT_STREAM_DEPENDS or CURLOPT_STREAM_DEPENDS_E, subsequently invokes curl_easy_reset(), and finally terminates the handle with curl_easy_cleanup(). During this final cleanup phase, libcurl attempts to access and modify an internal structure that was already freed during the reset operation.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
curlcurl7.88.0 < 8.14.2affected
curlcurl8.15.0 < 8.16.1affected
curlcurl8.17.0 < 8.20.1affected
curlcurl71b7e0161032927cdfb4e75ea40f65b8898b3956 < bfbff7852f050232edd3e5ca5c6bf2021c340f5aaffected
curlcurl8.20.0affected
curlcurl8.19.0affected
curlcurl8.18.0affected
curlcurl8.17.0affected
curlcurl8.16.0affected
curlcurl8.15.0affected
curlcurl8.14.1affected
curlcurl8.14.0affected
curlcurl8.13.0affected
curlcurl8.12.1affected
curlcurl8.12.0affected
curlcurl8.11.1affected
curlcurl8.11.0affected
curlcurl8.10.1affected
curlcurl8.10.0affected
curlcurl8.9.1affected
curlcurl8.9.0affected
curlcurl8.8.0affected
curlcurl8.7.1affected
curlcurl8.7.0affected
curlcurl8.6.0affected
curlcurl8.5.0affected
curlcurl8.4.0affected
curlcurl8.3.0affected
curlcurl8.2.1affected
curlcurl8.2.0affected
curlcurl8.1.2affected
curlcurl8.1.1affected
curlcurl8.1.0affected
curlcurl8.0.1affected
curlcurl8.0.0affected
curlcurl7.88.1affected
curlcurl7.88.0affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-416: Use After Free

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

References