Description
A flaw was found in curl. This vulnerability allows a malicious server to bypass public key pinning when curl is built with the wolfSSL backend. By presenting a specially crafted certificate with a manipulated validity length field, the attacker can trick curl into improperly re-parsing the certificate and authorizing an invalid key during the Transport Layer Security (TLS) handshake.
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Score: 3.7 Low
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KEV: No
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History

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in curl. This vulnerability allows a malicious server to bypass public key pinning when curl is built with the wolfSSL backend. By presenting a specially crafted certificate with a manipulated validity length field, the attacker can trick curl into improperly re-parsing the certificate and authorizing an invalid key during the Transport Layer Security (TLS) handshake.
Title curl: curl: wolfSSL public-key pinning bypass
Weaknesses CWE-295
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-10-14T12:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-87866 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-10-17T02:00:07Z

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