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When performing transfers via libcurl’s multi interface, pooled TLS connections can outlive their originating easy handles. In OpenSSL 3 provider configurations, libcurl attaches an allocated library context to the easy handle's state and passes it to OpenSSL without acquiring an ownership reference; destroying the easy handle prematurely frees this context while the active connection retains a dangling pointer, leading to a heap-use-after-free upon subsequent I/O or post-handshake operations.
- Products
- curl
- Affected versions
- 8.14.1-2ubuntu1, 8.17.0-1ubuntu1, 8.18.0-1ubuntu1, 8.18.0-1ubuntu2, 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1, 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.2, 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.3, 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.4, 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.5, 8.20.0-2ubuntu1, 8.20.0-2ubuntu10, 8.20.0-2ubuntu3
- Fixed versions
- 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.7, 8.20.0-2ubuntu11
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-80229
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 03:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
When performing transfers via libcurl’s multi interface, pooled TLS connections can outlive their originating easy handles. In OpenSSL 3 provider configurations, libcurl attaches an allocated library context to the easy handle's state and passes it to OpenSSL without acquiring an ownership reference; destroying the easy handle prematurely frees this context while the active connection retains a dangling pointer, leading to a heap-use-after-free upon subsequent I/O or post-handshake operations.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80229
curl
Fixed versions: 8.20.0-2ubuntu11
curl
Fixed versions: 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.7
Complete source record
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