Vulnerability in Curl

CVE-2024-8096

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 might fail to detect some OCSP problems and instead wrongly consider the response…

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.007 (49.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8096?
CVE-2024-8096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Curl, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-8096?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8096 known to be exploited?
6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.