CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-7009

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: May 13, 2026 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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When curl is told to use the Certificate Status Request TLS extension, often referred to as OCSP stapling, to verify that the server certificate is valid, it fails to detect OCSP problems and instead wrongly consider the response as fine.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
CurlHaxx8.17.0 (including)8.20.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References