Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in cURL and libcurl before 7.49.1, when…
Priority LOW 35CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in cURL and libcurl before 7.49.1, when built with SSPI or telnet is enabled, allow local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) security.dll, (2) secur32.dll, or (3) ws2_32.dll in the application or current working directory.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00565 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-4802
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7g2f-f5p3-7xg4
References
More Haxx Curl vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-16162 Negotiate ambient user conn reuse CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-10231 cross-origin Digest auth state leak CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-09063 HTTP/2 stream-dependency tree UAF CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-07976 stale proxy password leak CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-07845 SASL double-free CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-12257 Injection in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-4802 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-4802 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7g2f-f5p3-7xg4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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