CURLOPT_SSLVERSION(3)

NAME
CURLOPT_SSLVERSION - preferred TLS/SSL version

SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, long version);

DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter to control which version range of SSL/TLS versions to use. The SSL and TLS versions have typically developed from the most insecure version to be more and more secure in this order through history: SSL v2, SSLv3, TLS v1.0, TLS v1.1, TLS v1.2 and the most recent TLS v1.3. Use one of the available defines for this purpose. The available options are:

CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT
    The default acceptable version range. The minimum acceptable version is by default TLS v1.2 since 8.16.0 (unless the TLS library has a stricter rule).

CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1
    TLS v1.0 or later

CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv2
    SSL v2 - refused

CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv3
    SSL v3 - refused

CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0
    TLS v1.0 or later (Added in 7.34.0)

CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1
    TLS v1.1 or later (Added in 7.34.0)

CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2
    TLS v1.2 or later (Added in 7.34.0)

CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_3
    TLS v1.3 or later (Added in 7.52.0)

The maximum TLS version can be set by using one of the CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_ macros below. It is also possible to OR one of the CURL_SSLVERSION_ macros with one of the CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_ macros.

CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_DEFAULT
    The flag defines the maximum supported TLS version by libcurl, or the default value from the SSL library is used. libcurl uses a sensible default maximum, which was TLS v1.2 up to before 7.61.0 and is TLS v1.3 since then - assuming the TLS library support it. (Added in 7.54.0)

CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_0
    The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLS v1.0. (Added in 7.54.0)

CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_1
    The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLS v1.1. (Added in 7.54.0)

CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_2
    The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLS v1.2. (Added in 7.54.0)

CURL_SSLVERSION_MAX_TLSv1_3
    The flag defines maximum supported TLS version as TLS v1.3. (Added in 7.54.0)

In versions of curl prior to 7.54 the CURL_SSLVERSION_TLS options were documented to allow only the specified TLS version, but behavior was inconsistent depending on the TLS library.

DEFAULT
CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT

PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc. All TLS backends support this option.

EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    /* ask libcurl to use TLS version 1.0 or later */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1);
    /* Perform the request */
    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}

HISTORY
SSLv2 is disabled by default since 7.18.1. Other SSL versions availability may vary depending on which backend libcurl has been built to use. SSLv3 is disabled by default since 7.39.0. SSLv2 and SSLv3 are refused completely since curl 7.77.0 Since 8.10.0 wolfSSL is fully supported. Before 8.10.0 the MAX macros were not supported with wolfSSL and the other macros did not set a minimum, but restricted the TLS version to only the specified one. Rustls support added in 8.10.0. CURL_SSLVERSION_* macros became long types in 8.16.0, prior to this version a long cast was necessary when passed to curl_easy_setopt(3).

AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.1

RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error. CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION(3), CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(3), CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION(3), CURLOPT_USE_SSL(3)