CVE-2026-87863 (GCVE-0-2026-87863)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-20 20:13
Modified
2026-10-20 20:13
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
An authenticated HTTPS origin can supply an HSTS `max-age` value that the parser accepts, but time serialization later fails to process. On 64-bit systems, extreme max-age values compute an absolute expiry within standard time integer limits that exceeds calendar time structure bounds. During cache saves, the original HSTS file is truncated before writing a temporary replacement; when serialization fails, the temporary file is deleted, leaving an empty or partial cache. Because the save error is silently ignored during cleanup, curl exits successfully despite the data loss.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
curl curl Version: 8.22.0   ≤ 8.22.0
Version: 8.21.0   ≤ 8.21.0
Version: 8.20.0   ≤ 8.20.0
Version: 8.19.0   ≤ 8.19.0
Version: 8.18.0   ≤ 8.18.0
Version: 8.17.0   ≤ 8.17.0
Version: 8.16.0   ≤ 8.16.0
Version: 8.15.0   ≤ 8.15.0
Version: 8.14.1   ≤ 8.14.1
Version: 8.14.0   ≤ 8.14.0
Version: 8.13.0   ≤ 8.13.0
Version: 8.12.1   ≤ 8.12.1
Version: 8.12.0   ≤ 8.12.0
Version: 8.11.1   ≤ 8.11.1
Version: 8.11.0   ≤ 8.11.0
Version: 8.10.1   ≤ 8.10.1
Version: 8.10.0   ≤ 8.10.0
Version: 8.9.1   ≤ 8.9.1
Version: 8.9.0   ≤ 8.9.0
Version: 8.8.0   ≤ 8.8.0
Version: 8.7.1   ≤ 8.7.1
Version: 8.7.0   ≤ 8.7.0
Version: 8.6.0   ≤ 8.6.0
Version: 8.5.0   ≤ 8.5.0
Version: 8.4.0   ≤ 8.4.0
Version: 8.3.0   ≤ 8.3.0
Version: 8.2.1   ≤ 8.2.1
Version: 8.2.0   ≤ 8.2.0
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