Red Hat Security Advisory: curl security update
Affects Red Hat curlSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 02:47 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated curl packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8 and Extended Update Support 9.8 that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the issue. Refer to Red Hat's advisory RHSA-2026:92907 and the update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed remediation steps.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-8932) in libcurl, part of the curl packages provided by Red Hat, allows a security feature bypass due to improper mutual TLS (mTLS) connection reuse. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. The vulnerability has been rated as moderate in severity by Red Hat Product Security. An update addressing this issue is available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8 and Extended Update Support 9.8 packages.