CVE-2026-13608

Summary

A flaw in the libcurl SASL negotiation for LDAP authentication allows an incomplete handshake sequence to be misinterpreted as a successful cryptographic verification. An attacker executing a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack can inject a premature or shortcut response that bypasses complete peer validation.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
curlcurl8.21.0 <= 8.21.0affected
curlcurl8.20.0 <= 8.20.0affected
curlcurl8.19.0 <= 8.19.0affected
curlcurl8.18.0 <= 8.18.0affected
curlcurl8.17.0 <= 8.17.0affected
curlcurl8.16.0 <= 8.16.0affected
curlcurl8.15.0 <= 8.15.0affected
curlcurl8.14.1 <= 8.14.1affected
curlcurl8.14.0 <= 8.14.0affected
curlcurl8.13.0 <= 8.13.0affected
curlcurl8.12.1 <= 8.12.1affected
curlcurl8.12.0 <= 8.12.0affected
curlcurl8.11.1 <= 8.11.1affected
curlcurl8.11.0 <= 8.11.0affected
curlcurl8.10.1 <= 8.10.1affected
curlcurl8.10.0 <= 8.10.0affected
curlcurl8.9.1 <= 8.9.1affected
curlcurl8.9.0 <= 8.9.0affected
curlcurl8.8.0 <= 8.8.0affected
curlcurl8.7.1 <= 8.7.1affected
curlcurl8.7.0 <= 8.7.0affected
curlcurl8.6.0 <= 8.6.0affected
curlcurl8.5.0 <= 8.5.0affected
curlcurl8.4.0 <= 8.4.0affected
curlcurl8.3.0 <= 8.3.0affected
curlcurl8.2.1 <= 8.2.1affected
curlcurl8.2.0 <= 8.2.0affected
curlcurl8.1.2 <= 8.1.2affected
curlcurl8.1.1 <= 8.1.1affected
curlcurl8.1.0 <= 8.1.0affected
curlcurl8.0.1 <= 8.0.1affected
curlcurl8.0.0 <= 8.0.0affected
curlcurl7.88.1 <= 7.88.1affected
curlcurl7.88.0 <= 7.88.0affected
curlcurl7.87.0 <= 7.87.0affected
curlcurl7.86.0 <= 7.86.0affected
curlcurl7.85.0 <= 7.85.0affected
curlcurl7.84.0 <= 7.84.0affected
curlcurl7.83.1 <= 7.83.1affected
curlcurl7.83.0 <= 7.83.0affected
curlcurl7.82.0 <= 7.82.0affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-923 Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints

References