By default, curl automatically responds to WebSocket PING frames. Because curl lacks an upper bound on memory allocation for unacknowledged frames, a malicious server can exhaust all available memory by flooding curl with rapid, sequential PING messages.
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{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Curl
Curl curl
Vendors & Products Curl
Curl curl

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Description By default, curl automatically responds to WebSocket PING frames. Because curl lacks an upper bound on memory allocation for unacknowledged frames, a malicious server can exhaust all available memory by flooding curl with rapid, sequential PING messages.
Title WS Auto-PONG memory exhaustion
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: curl

Published: 2026-07-03T06:13:04.448Z

Updated: 2026-07-06T15:16:27.052Z

Reserved: 2026-06-08T12:17:42.037Z

Link: CVE-2026-11586

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-06T15:16:16.168Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-03T06:13:04Z

Links: CVE-2026-11586 - Bugzilla