CVE-2026-86412

Publication date 14 October 2026

Last updated 30 October 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A remote HTTP server can set a cookie that curl accepts and writes to a Netscape cookie jar but cannot reload. On the next invocation using the same path for `--cookie` and `--cookie-jar`, curl fails before connecting, then the cleanup procedure replaces the jar with an empty file, deleting cookies for unrelated domains.

Why is this CVE low priority?

Upstream defined this as low severity

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
curl	26.10 stonking	Fixed in 8.20.0-2ubuntu11.1
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.8
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
curl	Upstream: 6ded3e5

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.1 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-8927-1
curl vulnerabilities
14 October 2026

USN-8927-2
curl vulnerabilities
19 October 2026