CVE-2026-11586 (GCVE-0-2026-11586)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-03 06:13 – Updated: 2026-09-15 06:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
WS Auto-PONG memory exhaustion
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-06 15:16 UTC
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| curl | curl |
Affected:
8.16.0 , < 8.16.1
(semver)
Affected: 8.17.0 , < 8.20.1 (semver) |
guessed | |
| curl | curl |
Affected:
0b091328773c64e23f5c4739da74527093c6a5ab , < 849317ff5c5a5e13f50ec3d001e46ddffa77d8a4
(git)
|
guessed | |
| curl | curl |
Affected:
8.20.0
Affected: 8.19.0 Affected: 8.18.0 Affected: 8.17.0 Affected: 8.16.0 |
guessed |
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