# CVE-2026-86410: redirect to SFTP or SCP bypasses host verification

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-20 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Affected

- curl: 8.22.0 only; 8.21.0 only; 8.20.0 only; 8.19.0 only; 8.18.0 only; 8.17.0 only; 8.16.0 only; 8.15.0 only; 8.14.1 only; 8.14.0 only; 8.13.0 only; 8.12.1 only; 8.12.0 only; 8.11.1 only; 8.11.0 only; 8.10.1 only; 8.10.0 only; 8.9.1 only; 8.9.0 only; 8.8.0 only; 8.7.1 only; 8.7.0 only; 8.6.0 only; 8.5.0 only; 8.4.0 only; 8.3.0 only; 8.2.1 only; 8.2.0 only; 8.1.2 only; 8.1.1 only; 8.1.0 only; 8.0.1 only; 8.0.0 only; 7.88.1 only; 7.88.0 only; 7.87.0 only; 7.86.0 only; 7.85.0 only; 7.84.0 only; 7.83.1 only; 7.83.0 only; 7.82.0 only; 7.81.0 only

## Description

A flaw in the curl command line tool's logic makes it only set SSH host verification options when interacting directly using SFTP or SCP, and not as a result of following a redirect.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on curl, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-86410.json
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-86410.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3973176

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