CVE-2026-4873

medium

Description

A vulnerability exists where a connection requiring TLS incorrectly reuses an existing unencrypted connection from the same connection pool. If an initial transfer is made in clear-text (via IMAP, SMTP, or POP3), a subsequent request to that same host bypasses the TLS requirement and instead transmit data unencrypted.

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/3621851

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-4873.json

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-4873.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/29/7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-13

Updated: 2026-05-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00012