Swamped curl maintainers take low-level flaws public to survive vulnerability 'avalanche'

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Swamped curl maintainers take low-level flaws public to survive vulnerability 'avalanche'

Curl's maintainers are overwhelmed by a surge in vulnerability reports, many of questionable quality, and will move low and medium-severity cases to public GitHub handling starting October 26. The project previously closed its bug bounty program due to artificial intelligence (AI)-generated submissions. Maintainers acknowledge that public disclosure creates exploitation risk for lower-severity flaws but say they must distribute the workload to remain functional.

Why it matters: Curl users and operators of systems relying on curl should expect slower patching of low-to-medium vulnerabilities and public disclosure timelines that give attackers advance warning, requiring accelerated patching cycles for any low-severity curl flaws affecting your infrastructure.

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2026-10-20 16:30 UTC

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2026-10-20 18:31 UTC