A flaw in the libcurl SASL negotiation for LDAP authentication allows an incomplete handshake sequence to be misinterpreted as a successful cryptographic verification. An attacker executing a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack can inject a premature or shortcut response that bypasses complete peer validation.
History

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-287

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-923
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-287

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Description A flaw in the libcurl SASL negotiation for LDAP authentication allows an incomplete handshake sequence to be misinterpreted as a successful cryptographic verification. An attacker executing a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack can inject a premature or shortcut response that bypasses complete peer validation.
Title OpenLDAP SASL authentication bypass
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: curl

Published: 2026-09-06T17:47:01.951Z

Updated: 2026-09-08T15:39:45.194Z

Reserved: 2026-06-29T08:57:44.945Z

Link: CVE-2026-13608

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-08T15:39:40.949Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-09-06T18:17:19.810

Modified: 2026-09-08T16:18:00.317

Link: CVE-2026-13608

cve-icon Redhat

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