A flaw was found in curl. When persistent HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) caching is enabled, a remote HTTPS server can return an out-of-range expiration value that fails time serialization during cache saving. Because curl truncates the cache file prior to writing the update, this serialization failure causes the persistent HSTS cache to be deleted or emptied. As a result, stored security policies for known hosts are lost, potentially allowing future connections to fall back to insecure communication.
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| Source | ID | Title |
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Ubuntu USN |
USN-8927-1 | curl vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8932-1 | curl vulnerabilities |
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Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000
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| Description | A flaw was found in curl. When persistent HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) caching is enabled, a remote HTTPS server can return an out-of-range expiration value that fails time serialization during cache saving. Because curl truncates the cache file prior to writing the update, this serialization failure causes the persistent HSTS cache to be deleted or emptied. As a result, stored security policies for known hosts are lost, potentially allowing future connections to fall back to insecure communication. | |
| Title | curl: curl: Hsts Response Erases Persisted Entries | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-201 | |
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Updated: 2026-10-17T02:45:13Z
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