THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-9080 (HIGH 7.3) — Calling `curl_easy_pause()` within the event-based `CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION`
callback triggers a use-after-free vulnerability, where libcurl attempts to
store a flag using a dangling struct pointer immediately after that pointer's
memory has been freed.
[NVD] CVE-2026-9080 (HIGH 7.3) — Calling `curl_easy_pause()` within the event-based `CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION` callback triggers a use-after-free vulnerability, where libcurl attempts to store a flag using a dangling struct pointer immediately after that pointer's memory has been freed.
CVE-2026-9080 CVSS: 7.3 HIGH Published: 2026-07-03T07:16:25.713
Calling `curl_easy_pause()` within the event-based `CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION` callback triggers a use-after-free vulnerability, where libcurl attempts to store a flag using a dangling struct pointer immediately after that pointer's memory has been freed.
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-9080cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9080