[UPDATE] [medium] cURL: Vulnerability allows bypassing security measures

mediumCVE-2024-8096

A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in cURL to bypass security measures.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: cURL product: cURL Authentication bypass

What: A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in cURL to bypass security measures.
Who is affected: All users of cURL are affected.
Urgency: Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for security measure bypass.
Action: Update to the latest version of cURL.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-07-10
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2024-2114

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2024-80960.73% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 52% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2024-8096	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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