CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-11586

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.61%

45th percentile - higher than 45% of all known CVEs

Summary

Curl lacks an upper bound on memory allocation for unacknowledged WebSocket PING frames, allowing a malicious server to exhaust all available memory by sending rapid sequential PING messages.

Risk Assessment

A malicious server can cause memory exhaustion on the client system, leading to denial of service (DoS) and potential application crashes for software using curl.

Recommendation

Immediately update curl to a version that introduces a memory allocation limit for unacknowledged WebSocket PING frames.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS