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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade curl | Jul 6, 2026 | Jul 3, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 17, 2026 | Jul 3, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libcurl4-openssl-devUpgrade libcurl4t64Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl3t64-gnutlsUpgrade libcurl4-gnutls-dev | Jul 12, 2026 | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 13, 2026 | Jul 3, 2026 |
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