CVE-2026-13608

unknown
Assigned by CNA: curl
Published 2026-09-06 · Modified 2026-09-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
Affected
debian Debian Mixed 4 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Affected
sid Fixed 8.22.0~rc2-1
forky Affected
bookworm Affected
alpine Alpine Fixed 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
v3.24 Fixed 8.22.0-r0
v3.23 Fixed 8.22.0-r0

References

CWEs

CWE-923

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.