CVE-2026-8925

FAUCET Score

The curl logic that works with SASL authentication could end up cleaning up the GSASL context *twice* without clearing the pointer in between, making it `free()` the same pointer twice.

First published: Jul 3, 2026Last modified: Jul 3, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 8.15.0, < 8.21.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl::::::::
		>= 8.15.0, <= 8.15.0CPE match	cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl::::::::
		>= 8.16.0, <= 8.16.0CPE match	cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl::::::::
		>= 8.17.0, <= 8.17.0CPE match	cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl::::::::
		>= 8.18.0, <= 8.18.0CPE match	cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.59%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

44.8%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-26

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.