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CVE-2026-87865 json

knownhost callback mismatches key as missing

published 22d ago modified 12d ago also EUVD-2026-105312

cvss
7.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

When libcurl uses libssh2 with a hashed `known_hosts` file, an unrelated initial entry can cause host key validation to report a key *mismatch* as a *missing* key to the `CURLOPT_SSH_KEYFUNCTION` callback.

Patch / fix

  • haxx curl 8.14.3, 8.16.2, 8.20.2, 8.23.0
  • curl Ubuntu 26.10 8.20.0-2ubuntu11.1
  • curl Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.8

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-87865

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • curl hummingbird 1 8.23.0-0.1.hum1
  • libcurl hummingbird 1 8.23.0-0.1.hum1
  • libcurl-minimal hummingbird 1 8.23.0-0.1.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:82895

  • curl openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.23.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12150-1

  • curl Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 8.23.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-87865

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-87865 updated cvss 3.7

curl: curl: knownhost callback mismatches key as missing

  • Red Hat Hardened Images curl 8.23.0-0.1.hum1, libcurl 8.23.0-0.1.hum1, libcurl-minimal 8.23.0-0.1.hum1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:82895
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 curl, libcurl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 curl, libcurl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 curl, libcurl, libcurl-minimal Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 curl, rust, cargo, clippy, libcurl, rustfmt, +13 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 curl, igvm, rust, snphost, trustee, s390utils Red Hat Hardened Images rust
    +2 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Core Services jbcs-httpd24-curl, jbcs-httpd24-libcurl Red Hat Satellite 6 foreman, foreman-cli, foreman-ec2, foreman-gce, puppet-agent, foreman-ovirt, +11 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
12d ago

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/3975408 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • curl curl

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

Sources

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