CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80230

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.57%

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

Summary

When CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY is configured alongside options that disable standard peer verification (CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER = 0 and CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST = 0), libcurl fails to enforce public key pinning on connections established without a presented server certificate. Bypassing the pinning check under these disabled-verification conditions allows unauthenticated connections to succeed when they should be rejected.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to establish an unauthorized connection, potentially leading to man-in-the-middle attacks or data integrity compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade libcurl to a patched version and avoid disabling peer verification if possible.

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Original NVD description (English source)

When `CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY` is configured alongside options that disable standard peer verification (`CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER = 0` and `CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST = 0`), libcurl fails to enforce public key pinning on connections established without a presented server certificate. Bypassing the pinning check under these disabled-verification conditions allows unauthenticated connections to succeed when they should be rejected.

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