{
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "id": "CURL-CVE-2026-92387",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-92387"
  ],
  "summary": "never-ending loop via server response omission",
  "modified": "2026-09-17T12:57:32.00Z",
  "database_specific": {
    "package": "curl",
    "affects": "both",
    "URL": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-92387.json",
    "www": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-92387.html",
    "issue": "https://hackerone.com/reports/4022003",
    "CWE": {
      "id": "CWE-835",
      "desc": "Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')"
    },
    "last_affected": "8.22.0",
    "severity": "Low"
  },
  "published": "2026-10-14T08:00:00.00Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
           "type": "SEMVER",
           "events": [
             {"introduced": "8.10.0"},
             {"fixed": "8.14.3"},
             {"introduced": "8.15.0"},
             {"fixed": "8.16.2"},
             {"introduced": "8.17.0"},
             {"fixed": "8.20.2"},
             {"introduced": "8.21.0"},
             {"fixed": "8.23.0"}
           ]
        },
        {
           "type": "GIT",
           "repo": "https://github.com/curl/curl.git",
           "events": [
             {"introduced": "a5598b6fcb9ec6b57a7770939a0ffb004456f333"},
             {"fixed": "753735af87f5c30cb6f60a70342f8bc4bc5fd5db"}
           ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "8.22.0", "8.21.0", "8.20.0", "8.19.0", "8.18.0", "8.17.0", "8.16.0", 
        "8.15.0", "8.14.1", "8.14.0", "8.13.0", "8.12.1", "8.12.0", "8.11.1", 
        "8.11.0", "8.10.1", "8.10.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Joshua Rogers (Aisle Research)",
      "type": "FINDER"
    },
    {
      "name": "Daniel Stenberg",
      "type": "REMEDIATION_DEVELOPER"
    }
  ],
  "details": "By permanently omitting the final control-response line, a malicious FTP,\nIMAP, POP3, or SMTP server can exploit libcurl and completely bypass its\nconfigured transfer timeout mechanism, indefinitely blocking all concurrent\ntransfers bound to the same multi-handle."
}