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CVE-2016-5419 High

TLS session resumption client cert bypass

libcurl would attempt to resume a TLS session even if the client certificate had changed. That is unacceptable since a server by specification is allowed to skip the client certificate check on resume, and may instead use the old identity which was established by the previous certificate (or no certificate). libcurl supports by default the use of TLS session id/ticket to resume previous TLS sessions to speed up subsequent TLS handshakes. They are used when for any reason an existing TLS connection could not be kept alive to make the next handshake faster.

Exploit probability 15.9%
Published August 3, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change May 27, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Unknown Unknown

136 explicit affected versions

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279 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-5419

curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not prevent TLS session resumption when the client certificate has changed, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions by resuming a session.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities CURL-CVE-2016-5419

libcurl would attempt to resume a TLS session even if the client certificate had changed. That is unacceptable since a server by specification is allowed to skip the client certificate check on resume, and may instead use the old identity which was established by the previous certificate (or no certificate). libcurl supports by default the use of TLS session id/ticket to resume previous TLS sessions to speed up subsequent TLS handshakes. They are used when for any reason an existing TLS connection could not be kept alive to make the next handshake faster.

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05 / REFERENCES

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