CVE-2026-7009

MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

When curl is told to use the Certificate Status Request TLS extension, often referred to as *OCSP stapling*, to verify that the server certificate is valid, it fails to detect OCSP problems and instead wrongly consider the response as fine.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EG Risk
55(Attend)
EG Risk 55/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
20%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 13, 2026

Last Modified

May 14, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

HackerOne

https://hackerone.com/reports/3694390
generic

oss-security - [ADVISORY] curl: CVE-2026-7009: OCSP stapling bypass with Apple SecTrust

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/29/12
generic
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-7009.json
generic

curl - OCSP stapling bypass with Apple SecTrust - CVE-2026-7009

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-7009.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-7009(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatcurl-main-8.20.0-2.hum12026-05-19redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
curl—8.20.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
curl—8.20.0-r0—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 38× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 207 total refreshes for this CVE.

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  22. 2026-08-23 17:57 UTCVendor advisory
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  42. 2026-08-09 01:58 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-09 01:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
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  46. 2026-08-07 20:12 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-08-07 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  49. 2026-08-06 20:58 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-08-06 20:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  53. 2026-08-05 21:43 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-7009?
CVE-2026-7009 is a medium vulnerability published on May 13, 2026. When curl is told to use the Certificate Status Request TLS extension, often referred to as OCSP stapling, to verify that the server certificate is valid, it fails to detect OCSP problems and instead wrongly consider the response as fine.
When was CVE-2026-7009 disclosed?
CVE-2026-7009 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 13, 2026, with the most recent update on May 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-7009 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-7009 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 80.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-7009?
CVE-2026-7009 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-7009?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-7009, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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