Pending AnalysisCVE-2026-5773

wrong reuse of SMB connection

Platform

c

Component

curl

Fixed in

8.19.1

libcurl might in some circumstances reuse the wrong connection for SMB(S) transfers.

libcurl features a pool of recent connections so that subsequent requests can reuse an existing connection to avoid overhead.

When reusing a connection a range of criteria must be met. Due to a logical error in the code, a network transfer operation that was requested by an application could wrongfully reuse an existing SMB connection to the same server that was using a different 'share' than the new subsequent transfer should.

This could in unlucky situations lead to the download of the wrong file or the upload of a file to the wrong place. When this happens, the same credentials are used and the server name is the same.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Status

Proof of ConceptUnknown
CISA KEVNO
Reports1 threat report

EPSS

0.02% (5% percentile)

Affected Software

Componentcurl
Vendorcurl
Minimum version8.12.0
Maximum version8.19.0
Fixed in8.19.1

Weakness Classification (CWE)

Timeline

  1. Reserved
  2. Published
  3. EPSS updated

How to fix

Actualice a la versión 8.19.1 o posterior de libcurl para evitar la reutilización incorrecta de conexiones SMB. Esta vulnerabilidad permite la descarga o carga de archivos incorrectos, por lo que es crucial aplicar la actualización lo antes posible para proteger sus datos.

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