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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-9079
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-curl
Assigner Org ID-2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-03 Jul, 2026 | 06:16
Updated At-03 Jul, 2026 | 06:16
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
stale proxy password leak

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.

Affected Products
Vendor
CURLcurl
Product
curl
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 8.20.0 through 8.20.0 (semver)
  • From 8.19.0 through 8.19.0 (semver)
  • From 8.18.0 through 8.18.0 (semver)
  • From 8.17.0 through 8.17.0 (semver)
  • From 8.16.0 through 8.16.0 (semver)
  • From 8.15.0 through 8.15.0 (semver)
  • From 8.14.1 through 8.14.1 (semver)
  • From 8.14.0 through 8.14.0 (semver)
  • From 8.13.0 through 8.13.0 (semver)
  • From 8.12.1 through 8.12.1 (semver)
  • From 8.12.0 through 8.12.0 (semver)
  • From 8.11.1 through 8.11.1 (semver)
  • From 8.11.0 through 8.11.0 (semver)
  • From 8.10.1 through 8.10.1 (semver)
  • From 8.10.0 through 8.10.0 (semver)
  • From 8.9.1 through 8.9.1 (semver)
  • From 8.9.0 through 8.9.0 (semver)
  • From 8.8.0 through 8.8.0 (semver)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
N/AN/ACWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Type: N/A
CWE ID: N/A
Description: CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
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Exploits

Credits

finder
Guancheng Li
remediation developer
Daniel Stenberg
Timeline
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Rejected Reason

References
HyperlinkResource
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-9079.json
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https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-9079.html
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https://hackerone.com/reports/3750295
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Hyperlink: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-9079.json
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-9079.html
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Hyperlink: https://hackerone.com/reports/3750295
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