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High ALSA-2026:57462 1 CVE

Important: curl security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The curl packages provide the libcurl library and the curl utility for downloading files from servers using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP.

Security Fix(es):

* curl: curl: Insecure connection establishment due to TLS configuration mismatch (CVE-2026-8286)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Regression of AlmaLinux-73788. The .9 revision appears to have broken the logic that forces NTLM to use HTTP/1.1. (JIRA:AlmaLinux-171912)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 curl 7.61.1-34.el8_10.13
AlmaLinux · 8 libcurl 7.61.1-34.el8_10.13
AlmaLinux · 8 libcurl-devel 7.61.1-34.el8_10.13
AlmaLinux · 8 libcurl-minimal 7.61.1-34.el8_10.13

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.1

    wrong STARTTLS connection reuse

    A vulnerability exists where a new transfer that uses STARTTLS to upgrade the connection might reuse an existing live connection even though the TLS configuration mismatches so it should not.

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8286
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2496763
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-57462.html