CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-8925

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jul 3, 2026Sources checked Sep 28, 2026

9.8CRITICALCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-8925 and is rated Critical severity with a CVSS score of 9.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Ubuntu Security Notices guidance

USN-8487-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS1.1%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-8925?

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.