A flaw was found in curl. When communicating with a malicious server using protocols such as FTP, IMAP, POP3, or SMTP, the server can trigger an infinite loop by continuously transmitting data while omitting the final control response line. This behavior bypasses configured transfer timeouts, indefinitely blocking concurrent transfers and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8927-1 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 communicating with a malicious server using protocols such as FTP, IMAP, POP3, or SMTP, the server can trigger an infinite loop by continuously transmitting data while omitting the final control response line. This behavior bypasses configured transfer timeouts, indefinitely blocking concurrent transfers and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Title curl: curl: never-ending loop via server response omission
Weaknesses CWE-835
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-10-14T12:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-92387 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-10-17T02:00:07Z

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