cURL up to 8.18.0/8.19.0/8.20.0 HTTP helper infinite loop
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in cURL up to 8.18.0/8.19.0/8.20.0. Impacted is the function helper of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation results in infinite loop.
This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-11352. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.
Details
A vulnerability was found in cURL up to 8.18.0/8.19.0/8.20.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function helper of the component HTTP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
An issue in curl’s QUIC UDP receive function allows a malicious HTTP/3 server to trigger a remote denial of service against a curl or libcurl client. Because the helper function discards zero-length UDP datagrams before counting them toward the per-call packet budget, a connected QUIC peer can continuously stream empty datagrams to indefinitely stall the client.
The weakness was disclosed by Vectorqueue. The advisory is available at curl.se. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-11352 since 06/05/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
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Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploiting
Class: Infinite loopCWE: CWE-835 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
06/05/2026 CVE reserved07/03/2026 Advisory disclosed
07/03/2026 VulDB entry created
07/03/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: curl.seResearcher: Vectorqueue
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-11352 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-11352
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-376062
Entry
Created: 07/03/2026 08:55Changes: 07/03/2026 08:55 (55)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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