Summary iPlain-English security verdict for curl, generated from its current health score, actively-exploited vulnerabilities, and latest supported version.
curl currently scores 0/100 — critical. No tracked vulnerabilities are currently known to be exploited in the wild. Upgrade promptly to address the open critical vulnerabilities.
Disclosure trend iNew CVEs published for curl each year (NVD). A higher bar means more disclosures that year — more scrutiny, not necessarily less safe.
Patch priority — what to act on iThe issues to fix first — actively exploited (CISA KEV) first, then by exploitation probability (EPSS), then severity. Each row's "→ fixed in" is the earliest version that patches it; "see advisory" means no fixed version is published.
Most urgent first — actively exploited, then likeliest to be exploited.
CVE-2011-3389 MEDIUM CWE-326 EPSS 73% → see advisory CVE-2023-38039 HIGH Resource exhaustion EPSS 62% → fixed in 8.3.0 CVE-2021-22901 HIGH Use-after-free EPSS 60% → see advisory CVE-2015-3145 HIGH Memory corruption EPSS 38% → see advisory CVE-2024-2398 HIGH CWE-772 EPSS 36% → fixed in 8.7.0 CVE-2022-32206 MEDIUM Resource exhaustion EPSS 32% → fixed in 7.84.0 CVE-2019-5482 CRITICAL CWE-122 EPSS 18% → see advisory CVE-2018-1000120 CRITICAL Out-of-bounds write EPSS 12% → see advisory CVE-2017-8817 CRITICAL Out-of-bounds read EPSS 11% → see advisory CVE-2018-1000122 CRITICAL Out-of-bounds read EPSS 9% → see advisory CVE-2017-8816 CRITICAL Integer overflow EPSS 9% → see advisory CVE-2018-1000007 CRITICAL EPSS 8% → see advisoryGet alerted about curl
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Frequently asked
Is curl safe and patched?
curl currently scores 0/100 — critical. No tracked vulnerabilities are currently known to be exploited in the wild. Upgrade promptly to address the open critical vulnerabilities.
What should I do about curl now?
Review the patch-priority list, apply the available fixes (or move to the latest release), and confirm against curl's official advisory.
lifecycle unknown — needs latest supported version
Informational only, from public data (NVD · CISA KEV · EPSS · endoflife.date), and can lag or miss vendor-specific fixes. Always confirm against curl's official advisory before you patch or upgrade — curl official site ↗