diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/CVE-2026-8286.patch b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/CVE-2026-8286.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec2f6165c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/CVE-2026-8286.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+From 471592386ff977dfd3e2de107b8f81dfc1d3d030 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stefan Eissing <stefan@eissing.org>
+Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 10:30:07 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] url: fix connection reuse for starttls protocols
+
+When a connection is tested for reuse in a transfer that *may* upgrade
+to TLS (commonly via STARTTLS), the SSL configuration must match the
+existing connection.
+
+Reported-by: Andrew Nesbit
+Closes #21522
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-8286
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/a86efdd7ca5433de9231e650f18247de8319ad16]
+
+Backport Changes:
+- curl 8.7.1 predates the url_conn_match refactor. Carry the upstream may-TLS
+  and require-TLS distinction in ConnectionExists() and preserve the upstream
+  TLS configuration matching behavior.
+
+(cherry picked from commit a86efdd7ca5433de9231e650f18247de8319ad16)
+Signed-off-by: Devansh Patel <devanshp@cisco.com>
+---
+ lib/url.c | 9 +++++----
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
+index dfcd6f4841..9e1ca0336c 100644
+--- a/lib/url.c
++++ b/lib/url.c
+@@ -935,7 +935,8 @@ ConnectionExists(struct Curl_easy *data,
+   /* plain HTTP with upgrade */
+   bool h2upgrade = (data->state.httpwant == CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0) &&
+     (needle->handler->protocol & CURLPROTO_HTTP);
+-  bool req_tls = data->set.use_ssl >= CURLUSESSL_CONTROL;
++  bool require_tls = data->set.use_ssl >= CURLUSESSL_CONTROL;
++  bool may_tls = data->set.use_ssl > CURLUSESSL_NONE;
+
+   *usethis = NULL;
+   *force_reuse = FALSE;
+@@ -1054,7 +1055,7 @@ ConnectionExists(struct Curl_easy *data,
+         continue;
+
+     if(!(needle->handler->flags & PROTOPT_SSL) &&
+-       req_tls && !Curl_conn_is_ssl(check, FIRSTSOCKET))
++       require_tls && !Curl_conn_is_ssl(check, FIRSTSOCKET))
+       continue;
+
+     if(needle->bits.conn_to_host != check->bits.conn_to_host)
+@@ -1202,8 +1203,8 @@ ConnectionExists(struct Curl_easy *data,
+          needle->remote_port != check->remote_port)
+         continue;
+
+-      /* If talking TLS, check needs to use the same SSL options. */
+-      if((needle->handler->flags & PROTOPT_SSL) &&
++      /* If talking/upgrading to TLS, check needs the same SSL options. */
++      if(((needle->handler->flags & PROTOPT_SSL) || may_tls) &&
+          !Curl_ssl_conn_config_match(data, check, FALSE)) {
+         DEBUGF(infof(data,
+                      "Connection #%" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.7.1.bb b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.7.1.bb
index 365f02ad59..c006649a1b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.7.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.7.1.bb
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ SRC_URI = " \
     file://CVE-2026-5545.patch \
     file://CVE-2026-6253.patch \
     file://CVE-2026-4873.patch \
+    file://CVE-2026-8286.patch \
 "
 
 SRC_URI:append:class-nativesdk = " \