RHSA-2026:57462 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: curl security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 20, 2026
Updated · November 2, 2026
Topic
An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
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 RHEL-73788. The .9 revision appears to have broken the logic that forces NTLM to use HTTP/1.1. (JIRA:RHEL-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.