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CVE-2026-13608

OpenLDAP SASL authentication bypass

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1, 8.22.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

A flaw in the libcurl SASL negotiation for LDAP authentication allows an incomplete handshake sequence to be misinterpreted as a successful cryptographic verification. An attacker executing a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack can inject a premature or shortcut response that bypasses complete peer validation.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • curl curl

    From 7.82.0 · fixed in 8.14.2; From 8.15.0 · fixed in 8.16.1; From 8.17.0 · fixed in 8.20.1; From 8.21.0 · fixed in 8.22.0

  • curl curl

    Version range not reported

  • curl curl

    8.21.0, 8.20.0, 8.19.0, 8.18.0, 8.17.0, 8.16.0, 8.15.0, 8.14.1, 8.14.0, 8.13.0, 8.12.1, 8.12.0, 8.11.1, 8.11.0, 8.10.1, 8.10.0, 8.9.1, 8.9.0, 8.8.0, 8.7.1, 8.7.0, 8.6.0, 8.5.0, 8.4.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.1, 8.2.0, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1.0, and 11 more

References 3

curl.se

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