{"id":29983,"date":"2026-06-15T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/?p=29983"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:28:29","slug":"curl-summer-of-bliss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/2026\/06\/15\/curl-summer-of-bliss\/","title":{"rendered":"curl summer of bliss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The curl project will not accept or otherwise handle any vulnerability reports during the month of July 2026<\/strong>. We call it the <em>curl summer of bliss<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">curl&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/hackerone.com\/curl\">submission form on Hackerone<\/a> will be paused starting July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/closed-sign.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16248\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2499999621557822;width:337px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Summer of bliss starts: <strong>July 1, 2026<\/strong>. 00:00 CEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Submissions resume: <strong>August 3 2026<\/strong>. 09:00 CEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The security email address will also be a dead end, as we will not process or otherwise care about security or vulnerability reports sent to us that way either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever issue you find that you feel a need to report to the curl project during this month has to wait. curl&#8217;s Hackerone form opens for submissions again on Monday August 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We do not accept vulnerability reports over email in general, and this fact remains during and after our vacation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vacation for real<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fotografierende-ice-cream-3389010_1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30149\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6664065980997739;width:200px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The curl maintainers will use this time of less pressure to take in some extra air and to enjoy the summer. Maybe stroll outside a bit more. Breath. Some of us may spend some of this time to see other places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We may get some extra time to spend on fixing bugs or working on new code. Fun stuff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Side-effects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a direct side-effect of this summer of bliss, to allow us some more time to handle the issues that might have piled up for us in early August, <strong>we also push the release date<\/strong> of 8.22.0 two weeks into the future. Now scheduled to happen on September 2, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vulnerability rate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As previously mentioned, we have been under a huge <a href=\"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/2026\/05\/26\/the-pressure\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29881\">pressure<\/a> for the last four months or so. Now we need some rest. We do not expect this deluge to be over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GitHub<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">curl&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/curl\/curl\/issues\">issue<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/curl\/curl\/pulls\">pull-request<\/a> trackers on GitHub remain open and active like normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You too?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you and your Open Source projects also want to participate in the summer of bliss 2026: just do it and let us know! I would of course encourage you to do so. To take care of yourself as a top priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The bad guys won&#8217;t rest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Probably not. But we will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">But what if there is an emergency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then we get to read about it in August. Or you get a <a href=\"https:\/\/curl.se\/support.html\">support contract<\/a> and we get to read about it earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contracts excluded<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone with a paid support contracts will of course still get full and appropriate service even during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a2fbf73dafa8&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a2fbf73dafa8\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1080\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/relaxed-2000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30036\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniel, in a relaxed state.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ice cream image was made by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/fotografierende-4558536\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3389010\">fotografierende<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3389010\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discussed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=48537165\">hacker news<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The curl project will not accept or otherwise handle any vulnerability reports during the month of July 2026. We call it the curl summer of bliss. curl&#8217;s submission form on Hackerone will be paused starting July 1, 2026. Summer of bliss starts: July 1, 2026. 00:00 CEST Submissions resume: August 3 2026. 09:00 CEST The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/2026\/06\/15\/curl-summer-of-bliss\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">curl summer of bliss<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,133],"tags":[33,504,428],"class_list":["post-29983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curl","category-security","tag-curl-and-libcurl","tag-hackerone","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29983"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30183,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983\/revisions\/30183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}