CVE-2026-80229 is a heap use-after-free in libcurl's handling of pooled TLS connections through the multi interface when built with OpenSSL 3 provider support. A pooled TLS connection can outlive the easy handle that originated it. libcurl associates an allocated OpenSSL library context with the easy-handle state and supplies it to OpenSSL without retaining an ownership reference. If the originating easy handle is destroyed while the connection remains active, the library context is freed although the active connection still references it. Subsequent connection I/O or post-handshake processing can dereference the dangling context.
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A premature-free vulnerability that can result in a use-after-free condition in an OpenSSL provider, addressed by SUSE-SU-2026:4048-1 for affected curl/libcurl packages.
An OpenSSL provider use-after-free vulnerability caused by a premature free.
An OpenSSL provider use-after-free vulnerability addressed through the openSUSE curl/libcurl package update.
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