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GHSA-F4CV-XM48-3694

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-03 09:31 – Updated: 2026-07-06 18:30

Details

libcurl had a flaw that when instructed to clear proxy authentication credentials which made it not do so, leaving the old credentials around to get used for subsequent transfers that should not know nor use them.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "id": "GHSA-f4cv-xm48-3694",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T18:30:49Z",
  "published": "2026-07-03T09:31:27Z",
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CVE-2026-9079 (GCVE-0-2026-9079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-03 06:16 – Updated: 2026-07-06 16:49

Title

stale proxy password leak

Summary

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Assigner

curl

References

URL

Tags

	https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-9079.json
	https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-9079.html
	https://hackerone.com/reports/3750295

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	curl	curl	Affected: 8.20.0 , ≤ 8.20.0 (semver) Affected: 8.19.0 , ≤ 8.19.0 (semver) Affected: 8.18.0 , ≤ 8.18.0 (semver) Affected: 8.17.0 , ≤ 8.17.0 (semver) Affected: 8.16.0 , ≤ 8.16.0 (semver) Affected: 8.15.0 , ≤ 8.15.0 (semver) Affected: 8.14.1 , ≤ 8.14.1 (semver) Affected: 8.14.0 , ≤ 8.14.0 (semver) Affected: 8.13.0 , ≤ 8.13.0 (semver) Affected: 8.12.1 , ≤ 8.12.1 (semver) Affected: 8.12.0 , ≤ 8.12.0 (semver) Affected: 8.11.1 , ≤ 8.11.1 (semver) Affected: 8.11.0 , ≤ 8.11.0 (semver) Affected: 8.10.1 , ≤ 8.10.1 (semver) Affected: 8.10.0 , ≤ 8.10.0 (semver) Affected: 8.9.1 , ≤ 8.9.1 (semver) Affected: 8.9.0 , ≤ 8.9.0 (semver) Affected: 8.8.0 , ≤ 8.8.0 (semver)

Credits

Guancheng Li Daniel Stenberg

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-F4CV-XM48-3694

CVE-2026-9079 (GCVE-0-2026-9079)

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