🛡️ CVE-2026-8925 on Alpine — curl

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

The curl logic that works with SASL authentication could end up cleaning up

the GSASL context *twice* without clearing the pointer in between, making it

free() the same pointer twice.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-8925 as tracked by Alpine, for the package curl. The fix is available in version 8.21.0-r0; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

ALPINE-CVE-2026-8925 is recorded against 1 package.

  • curl (from 8.15.0 up to 8.21.0-r0)

Timeline and source

Published on 3 July 2026 and last revised on 8 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security.alpinelinux.org (Advisory)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-03
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
curl 8.15.0 8.21.0-r0

Exploit Protection

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