CVE-2026-11586
lowpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileDEEUFRRUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
By default, curl automatically responds to WebSocket PING frames. Because curl lacks an upper bound on memory allocation for unacknowledged frames, a malicious server can exhaust all available memory by flooding curl with rapid, sequential PING messages.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.1–7.5
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (26)
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advisories (4)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2052cURL: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-06-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in cURL ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand oder eine Speicherbeschädigung zu verursachen.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1390Multiples vulnérabilités dans Tenable Network MonitorFrançais2026-10-27vendor · certfrFR
- CURL-CVE-2026-11586WS Auto-PONG memory exhaustion2026-06-24vendor · osvUS
By default, curl automatically responds to WebSocket PING frames. Because curl lacks an upper bound on memory allocation for unacknowledged frames, a malicious server can exhaust all available memory by flooding curl with rapid, sequential PING messages.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-11586.htmlcnnvd
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-11586.jsoncnnvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3788931cnnvd
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-11586.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-11586.jsonenisa_euvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3788931enisa_euvd
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-11586.htmlPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-11586.jsonVendor Advisorynvd
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