CVE-2026-11586

The curl software and its libcurl library are vulnerable to a memory exhaustion attack via the WebSocket component. By default, curl automatically responds to WebSocket PING frames; however, it lacks an upper bound on memory allocation for unacknowledged frames. A malicious server can exploit thi...

CVE-2026-11586 WS Auto-PONG memory exhaustion

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...

curl: curl: Denial of Service via WebSocket PING flood

A flaw was found in curl. A malicious server can exploit this vulnerability by sending rapid, sequential WebSocket PING messages. Due to a lack of an upper bound on memory allocation for unacknowledged frames, curl can be forced to exhaust all available memory, leading to a denial of service...

curl: curl: Denial of Service via WebSocket PING flood

A flaw was found in curl. A malicious server can exploit this vulnerability by sending rapid, sequential WebSocket PING messages. Due to a lack of an upper bound on memory allocation for unacknowledged frames, curl can be forced to exhaust all available memory, leading to a denial of service...