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
curlcurl7.82.0 < 8.14.2affected
curlcurl8.15.0 < 8.16.1affected
curlcurl8.17.0 < 8.20.1affected
curlcurl8.21.0 < 8.22.0affected
curlcurleeca818b1e8d1e61c2d4d833aed56ce4c510a9d4 < ea71c3b6b60e563651ea8596a975aef0c8199519affected
curlcurl8.21.0affected
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
curlcurl7.87.0affected
curlcurl7.86.0affected
curlcurl7.85.0affected
curlcurl7.84.0affected
curlcurl7.83.1affected
curlcurl7.83.0affected
curlcurl7.82.0affected

Weaknesses

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

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

References