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curl command-line tool, libcurl, and related open source networking software coverage.
curl 8.21.0 Fixes 25-Year-Old libcurl mTLS Bug
curl 8.21.0 fixes 18 security flaws, including CVE-2026-8932, a 25-year-old libcurl mTLS connection-reuse bug. The practical risk is in applications that embed libcurl and change client certificate settings while reusing connection pools.
curl’s July Security Pause Shows AI Bug Reports Have a Human Bottleneck
The curl project will pause public vulnerability reports during July 2026 after months of AI-assisted security-report pressure. The break exposes a practical risk for companies that depend on critical open source software: finding bugs is getting faster than triage, patching, and maintainer capacity.