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CVE-2026-92386VulnerabilityPublished Updated

When writing a long cookie name and value to a Netscape cookie jar, a remote HTTP server can make curl write a record

Affects curlSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-92386· Medium

Not known to be exploited · fixed in 8.20.0-2ubuntu11.1 : update curl when convenient.

Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 22:28 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Patch
Available – fixed in 8.20.0-2ubuntu11.1, 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.8

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 20 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Ubuntu curl to 8.20.0-2ubuntu11.1 (package) or 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.8 (package).

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 26.10curlpkg:deb/ubuntu/curl?arch=source&distro=stonkingOther threatsAffected
  • <8.20.0-2ubuntu11.1
Fixed in
  • 8.20.0-2ubuntu11.1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTScurlpkg:deb/ubuntu/curl?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threatsAffected
  • <8.18.0-1ubuntu2.8
Fixed in
  • 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.8

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Description

When writing a long cookie name and value to a Netscape cookie jar, a remote HTTP server can make `curl` write a record that exceeds its line-length parsing limit. Consequently, any subsequent `curl` invocation reading from that same cookie jar using `--cookie` silently aborts parsing prematurely upon encountering the too long line, ignoring all subsequent valid cookies in the file.

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