High severity · published Sep 6, 2026
CVE-2026-80230
OpenSSL pinning bypass
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
When `CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY` is configured alongside options that disable
standard peer verification (`CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER = 0` and
`CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST = 0`), libcurl fails to enforce public key pinning on
connections established without a presented server certificate. Bypassing the
pinning check under these disabled-verification conditions allows
unauthenticated connections to succeed when they should be rejected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
curl · curl
7.45.0 before 8.14.2; 8.15.0 before 8.16.1; 8.17.0 before 8.20.1; 8.21.0 before 8.22.0; 8363656cb4e0c60a11d8531ead0ec43120b50591 before 5267ed859d545534d0c21675a2b70af5a3b6e3ef; 8.21.0; +34 more · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80230
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80230
Patch
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-80230.html
Vendor Advisory
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-80230.json
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/3969300
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