curl: [High] MITM via Insecure CA Path Handling in cURL (--capath, CURLOPT_CAPATH) (CWE-494: Download of Code Without Integrity Check)

Summary: The --capath option in cURL and CURLOPTCAPATH in libcurl accept any directory path without validation. If an attacker provides a custom CA path containing a fake root certificate, cURL will trust malicious HTTPS endpoints signed with that fake root. This allows for full Man-in-the-Middle...